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Sebastes auriculatus Girard, 1854

Brown rockfish
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Mexico country information

Common names: Rocote moreno, Rocote moreno
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to Bahia San Hipolito, central Baja California (Ref. 27436). Also Ref. 2850.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kramer, D.E. and V.M. O'Connell, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335);  auriculatus: From the Latin auriculatus, meaning 'eared' (Ref. 27436).
  More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 128 m (Ref. 27437).   Temperate; 62°N - 27°N, 155°W - 113°W

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