Description
General:
Convex forehead, can be mostly red, eye much smaller than in S. diploproa. Head bright white.
Size:
to 41 cm
Geographic Information
Ocean range (global):
British Columbia to Baja California.
Habitat description:
Benthic, hard and soft substrata.
Published depth range:
81 - 768 m, common 300 - 500 m.
Additional Information
Verified MBARI depth distribution:
196 - 613 m (March 2016).
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Love, M.S., M. Yoklavich, and L. Thorsteinson (2002). The rockfishes of the northeast Pacific. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 404 pp.
Butler, J.L., M.S. Love, and T. Laidig (2012). A guide to the rockfishes, thornyheads, and scorpionfishes of the Northeast Pacific. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 185 pp.
Citation:
Sebastes aurora
((Gilbert, 1890)) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Sebastes%20aurora. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.