Silvergray rockfish (Sebastes brevispinis) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–375 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes brevispinis · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 71 cm
The silvergray rockfish is a demersal sebastid that occurs just above the bottom, sometimes in rocky caverns and crevices, and it is recorded from the surface down to 375 m. It is ovoviviparous and is rarely caught by anglers. Its range is the north-east Pacific, from the Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Baja California in Mexico. Maximum length is about 71 cm total length, and it can live 82 years, maturing at about 46 cm. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, filleted and sold with other rockfish, with a medium price category and flesh of particularly good flavour and texture. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 68 of 100 and resilience low; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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