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Sebastes miniatus (Vermilion rockfish; Rockfish; Rock cod)

Synonyms: Sebastichthys miniatus; Sebastodes miniatus
Language: Heiltsuk; Mandarin Chinese; Polish; Russian; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Sebastes miniatus is a species of rockfish known by the common names vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, and red rock cod. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America from Baja California to Vancouver Island.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8.157 lbs (3.70 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  43 years

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Engraulis mordax (Californian anchoveta)[3]
Genyonemus lineatus (White croaker)[3]
Trachurus symmetricus (Scad)[3]

Predators

Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bothriocephalus scorpii[5]
Microcotyle sebastis[5]
Trochopus marginata <Unverified Name>[5]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
4Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979
5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0