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Sebastes auriculatus

Girard, 1854

Brown Rockfish

GNRUnranked Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105201
Element CodeAFC4A06040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyScorpaenidae
GenusSebastes
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Shallow coastal waters and bays, near shore and to 128 m (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNU
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
Roadless Areas (4)
Alaska (4)
AreaForestAcres
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
KogishTongass National Forest65,216
Outer IslandsTongass National Forest99,862
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
References (6)
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N., and E. S. Herald. 1983. A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 336 pp.
  2. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 3 April 2001. Puget Sound populations of copper rockfish, quillback rockfish, brown rockfish, and Pacific herring. Federal Register 66(64):17659-17668.
  3. Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp.
  4. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
  5. Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
  6. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.