Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Sebastidae > Sebastes > Sebastes ruberrimus

Sebastes ruberrimus (Yelloweye rockfish; Turkey-red rockfish; Rockfish; Rock cod; Red snapper; Rasphead rockfish; Red cod)

Synonyms: Sebastes ruber; Sebastodes ruberrimus; Sebastolobus ruberrimus
Language: Alutiiq; Danish; Haida; Heiltsuk; Mandarin Chinese; Polish; Salish; Spanish; Swedish; Tsimshian

Wikipedia Abstract

The yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) is a rockfish of the genus Sebastes, and one of the biggest members of the genus. Its name derives from its coloration. It is also locally known as "red snapper", not to be confused with the warm-water species Lutjanus campechanus that formally carries the name red snapper. The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age. As they grow older, they change in color, from reddish in youth, to bright orange in adulthood, to pale yellow in old age. Yelloweye live in rocky areas and feed on small fish and other rockfish. They reside in the East Pacific and range from Baja California to Prince William Sound in Alaska.
View Wikipedia Record: Sebastes ruberrimus

Infraspecies

Sebastes ruber var. ruber

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  21.583 lbs (9.79 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  13 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  13 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [2]  118 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve 293047 British Columbia, Canada  
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Prey / Diet

Predators

Eumetopias jubatus (Steller Sea Lion)[3]
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)[3]
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (chinook salmon or king salmon)[3]
Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)[3]

Consumers

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.
♦ 4Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Ecological Informatics 29(1): 45-56. Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Data from: Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 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