Yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is mainly found over reef, at depths of 15–549 m.
Scientific name: Sebastes ruberrimus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 104 cm
The yelloweye rockfish is a sebastid whose adults occur on rocky reefs and boulder fields, with the young in shallower regions. Adults feed on fishes and crustaceans, it is viviparous, and it is sold as fillets. It is recorded from 15 to 549 m. Its range is the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja California. Maximum length is about 104 cm total length, and it can live 118 years, maturing at about 40 cm. It is a commercial species, a gamefish and a public aquarium fish, with a medium price category. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 73 of 100 and resilience very low; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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