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Cowcod (Sebastes levis)

  Video screenshot: Bocaccio and a school of cowcod
Cowcod & Bocaccio Rockfish Video
(Sebastes paucispinis)
Photo: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center


Status
ESA Species of Concern - Central Oregon to central Baja California, Mexico and Guadalupe Island

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species: levis

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title Federal Register Date
Species of Concern Fact Sheet: Detailed n/a 06/10/2009
n/a 11/01/2007

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