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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).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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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.