Gopher rockfish

Gopher rockfish have a generally mottled appearance, with dark areas generally olive to reddish brown, and the lighter areas being white or maybe pinkish.

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The Gopher rockfish lives in the demersal, marine, depth range - 55 m , usually 15 - 55 m environment.

The gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) is a rockfish of the Pacific coast, primarily off California. Gopher rockfish have a generally mottled appearance, with dark areas generally olive to reddish brown, and the lighter areas being white or maybe pinkish. More

2005 Stock Assessment of the Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) in California - Adobe Reader All files require Adobe Reader * Title Page * Executive Summary * Introduction More

The gopher rockfish is found from Eureka, California, to San Roque, Baja California, Mexico. Although common in the central part of California's coastline (Mendocino to Pt. Conception), they are not as common to the north and in our region. More

Gopher Rockfish Photos and Species Information for Fish Caught in Mexico See current, on-the-spot sportfishing reports and photographs of fish caught at Mexico's top vacation spots in this week's edition of "Mexico Fishing News" and see hundreds of other fish pictures and More

Black rockfish and gopher rockfish were ascribed to kelp bed and shallow reef habitats. Brown rockfish were ascribed only to shallow reef habitat. Bocaccio, chilipepper, greenspotted rockfish, widow rockfish, and greenstriped rockfish were found mostly at deep reef habitat. More

A gopher rockfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Greenspotted rockfish at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Starry rockfish. Black rockfish. A rockfish in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Sebastes marinus at the New England Aquarium. Blue rockfish at the Vancouver Aquarium. More

Common names

gopher rockfish in English
rockfish in English
Rocote amarillo in Spanish (español)
肉色平鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
肉色平鲉 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Sebastidae
Genus : Sebastes
Species : Sebastes carnatus
Authority : Jordan and Gilbert, 1880