Published October 19, 2021
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Sebastes levis
Description
Sebastes levis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889).
Cowcod. Reported to 100 cm (39.4 in) TL (Butler et al. 2003). Northern Oregon (45°23’N, 124°35’W) (NWFSC-FRAM) to Rocas Alijos, southern Baja California (photographs of two fish by Dharyl Shelbourne, 29 June 2017, http://royalpolaris.com/news/grouper-wahoo-yellowtail-makeday/) and Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; depth: juveniles as shallow as 40 m (132 ft) (Johnson 1997); adults 72–522 m (236–1,712 ft) (min.: M.L., unpubl. data; max.: NWFSC-FRAM).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Sebastidae
- Genus
- Sebastes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Eigenmann & Eigenmann
- Species
- levis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sebastes levis (Eigenmann, 1889) sec. Love, Bizzarro, Cornthwaite, Frable & Maslenikov, 2021
References
- Butler, J. L., Jacobs, L. D., Barnes, J. T. & H. G. Moser. (2003) Biology and population dynamics of cowcod (Sebastes levis) in the southern California Bight. Fishery Bulletin, 101, 260 - 280.
- Miller, D. J. & Lea, R. N. (1972) Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin, 157.
- Johnson, K. A. (1997) Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Recruitment to Soft Bottom Habitats in Monterey Bay, CA. Masters Thesis, California State University, Stanislaus.