chilpepper

Sebastes goodei

Sebastid Fish in Mexican Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
North America
Fusiform
Large
Temperate fish

Sebastes goodei, the chilipepper rockfish and chilipepper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. This species lives mainly off the coast of western North America from Baja California to Vancouver.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
Maximum length: 56 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada to Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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