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Quillback Rockfish

Sebastes maliger

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Quillback Rockfish 
(Sebasetes maliger) 
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Description  
Orangish brown to dark brown; often pale area between eye and pectoral fin. Common SE Alaska to N. California; uncommon central California.

Distinctive Features

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SIZE:
6-18 in.
max. 2 ft.

 1. High spinous dorsal fin with deep notches between spines.  2. Large areas or blotches of white to yellow on and below spinous dorsal fin on front half of body.



 

 



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