Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis
Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) notes 3
Elongated and thin, with a large mouth. Colour varies but usually includes grey and/or red mottling.
Schooling fish. Lives on or near bottom. Depth range 20-475 m.
Summary 4
The Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, is a northeast Pacific species in the Sebastidae (rockfish) family. Other names for this species include salmon grouper, grouper, tom cod (juveniles), and slimy. In Greek, sebastes means “magnificent,” and paucispinis is Latin for “few spines”.
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- (c) Patrick Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/underwaterpat/14924807909/
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- (c) Dr Cherisse Du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
- Adapted by Dr Cherisse Du Preez from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastes_paucispinis
