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Sebastes paucispinis Ayres, 1854

Bocaccio rockfish
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Common names: Bocaccio, Bocaccio, Rock salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Starr, R.M., J.N. Heine, J.M. Felton and G.M. Cailliet, 2002
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Considered a popular game fish and a commercially important species in California (Ref. 2850, 27436). Also Ref. 4925, 6793, 11366, 45591, 95450, 95452.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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);  paucispinis: From the Latin pauci and spinus, connoting 'few' and 'spine' (Ref. 27436).
  More on author: Ayres.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 476 m (Ref. 27437).   Subtropical; 65°N - 31°N

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