Chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–425 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes goodei · Water: Saltwater, Brackish
Size: up to 56 cm
The chilipepper rockfish is a demersal sebastid whose adults frequent deep rocky reefs as well as sand and mud bottoms, recorded from the surface down to 425 m; its young are pelagic and occur in shallower waters, and it also enters brackish water. It feeds on euphausiids, krill, small squids and fishes, and it is viviparous with planktonic larvae. Its range is the eastern Pacific, from Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia to Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Maximum length is about 56 cm total length, and it can live 35 years, maturing at about 32 cm. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, marketed fresh and frozen, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 52 of 100 and resilience medium, and climate vulnerability is low to moderate at 27 of 100; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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