(White-spotted
red rockfishes |
Pinkrose rockfish |
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Body color: Uniform red w/ 4 or 5 clear, conspicouous white blotches; occasionally dusky on back. |
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| Maximum length: 12 in (30 cm) | Peritoneum color: gray |
| Maximum depth: 160 fm (293 m) | Shape between eyes: concave |
| Common depth: 54-169 fm (99-293 m) | Counts:
D:XIII,12-14, Ar:5-6, P1:16-18, GR:28-33, LLp:33-40, LLs:?-?, V:26 |
Rosethorn RF, Greenspotted RF, and Greenblotched RF - body orange-yellow w/ green mottling or spots.
Rosy RF - body purple-red; caudal peduncle depth greater than orbit width (caudal peduncle depth less than orbit width in Pinkrose RF).
Pink RF - body w/ green streaks; upper gillrakers rudimentary (not rudimentary in Pinkrose RF); lower edge of operculum w/ 1-2 spines (lower edge smooth in Pinkrose RF).
Swordspine RF - prominent symphyseal knob on projecting lower jaw (symphyseal knob absent, jaws about equal in Pinkrose RF); anal spine 2 reaches tips of anal rays (does not reach tips in Pinkrose RF)
Freckled RF - prominent knobs on upper jaw (absent in Pinkrose RF); dense freckling on back (uniform red in Pinkrose RF); gillrakers 34-39 (28-33 in Pinkrose RF); dorsal rays typically 12 (typically 13 in Pinkrose RF).
Distribution: Northern California - Baja California