Redbanded Rockfish

At a glance

Redbanded Rockfish (Sebastes babcocki) is a bony-fish species regulated in 2 of 66 jurisdictions tracked by CatchRules across the U.S. and Canada.

Confirmed by 14 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with Alaska, British Columbia, and California the top jurisdictions by observation count.

Notable details

• Easily identified by striking alternating red and pale bands along its body.
• A deep-water species typically found between 100 and 500 meters depth.
• Can reach about 24 inches (60 cm) in length.
• Ranges from Alaska south to Baja California.
• Slow-growing and long-lived, a common trait among deep-water rockfish.

Where Redbanded Rockfish are seen

• Alaska6 iNat obs
• British Columbia3 iNat obs
• California3 iNat obs
• Oregon2 iNat obs

Jurisdictions with rules for Redbanded Rockfish

• CaliforniaUnited States · official source

Background

Sebastes babcocki is a species of fish in the rockfish family known by the common name redbanded rockfish. Other common names include bandit, barber pole, flag rockfish, Spanish flag, hollywood, convict, and canary. It is native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. Its distribution extends from the Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and the Aleutians south to San Diego, California.

Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Redbanded Rockfish article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.

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