Brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is mainly found over reef, rocky, sand, at depths of 0–287 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes auriculatus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 56 cm
Weight: up to 3 kg
The brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus), also known as the brown seaperch, chocolate bass, brown bass or brown bomber, is a deep-bodied Sebastinae rockfish with head spines, a small terminal mouth and two orange-brown lines radiating back from each upper jaw and eye. Its range runs from southern Baja California to Prince William Sound in the northern Gulf of Alaska, with the strongest populations in central and southern Puget Sound and from Baja California to Bodega Bay in northern California, and it has been recorded from the intertidal zone down to 287 m over rocky patches and hard substrate, frequently around piers, pilings and even man-made debris, with juveniles in shallower water. In the United States it is a common, easy-going catch for California, Oregon and Washington anglers fishing both boat and shore, typically on squid or fish baits fished tight to structure. It reaches a maximum total length of about 56 cm and 3 kg.
Caution: has venomous spines. Take great care when unhooking and handling; the sting is extremely painful.
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