Widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–549 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes entomelas · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 60 cm
The widow rockfish is a pelagic neritic sebastid, a generally active and free-swimming rockfish found in midwater above a rocky reef or steep shoreline and occasionally huddling motionless among caves and crevices; it is recorded from the surface down to 549 m. Its young are found in shallow water, it forms schools, and it feeds mostly on small pelagic crustaceans and fishes. It is viviparous. Its range is the north-east Pacific, from middle Albatross Bank in the Gulf of Alaska to Todos Santos Bay in Baja California, Mexico. Maximum length is about 60 cm total length, and it can live 60 years, maturing at about 36 cm. It is a commercial species, a gamefish and a public aquarium fish, marketed fresh and frozen, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is high at 65 of 100 and resilience very low, and climate vulnerability is low to moderate at 35 of 100; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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