Species: Sebastes cortezi, Cortez rockfish
pink; gut lining v dark
gill chamber slightly dark
Sebastes cortezi (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
Cortez rockfish
Body compressed, oval; head relatively large, compressed, blunt; eye large; head spines moderate sized, strong; top of head with 6 pairs of spines, & sometimes a pair on nape, absent over center of eye; lower edge of bone below eye & above front side of mouth with 2 down-pointing spines, not pointing to rear, front spine projects forwards; no spiny longitudinal ridge under eye; lower jaw with inconspicuous knob at front; numerous small conical teeth on jaws; teeth present on roof of mouth; gill rakers 26-31; a single dorsal fin, usually strongly notched at the rear of the spiny part, XIII (XII-XIII) strong, venomous spines, 4th-5th spines longest,12 (11-12) soft rays; anal fin III, spines long, strong, 2nd spine longest, 6 (5-6); pelvics I, 5, under pectorals; pectorals large, 18 (17-19); tail fin slightly concave; lateral line with 33-45 pored scales, last one on base of tail fin; scales small, primarily rough.
Adults pink, with dusky traces; inside mouth and gill chamber slightly dusky; lining of gut cavity very dark.
Reaches 31 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range: 200-1100 m.
The central Gulf of California.
Note: We have not included S. peduncularis and S. varispinnis, both of which are known only from a very few juveniles, and could be synonyms of S. cortezi and S. diploproa, respectively.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Offshore
- In & Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Cortez province endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 31
- Depth Range Min
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- 200
- Depth Range Max
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- 1100
