Redbanded Rockfish
Sebastes babcocki
Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) notes 5
Compared with the Flag rockfish, the Redbanded rockfish is broader-bodied.
Summary 6
Sebastes babcocki is a species of fish in the rockfish family known by the common name redbanded rockfish. Other common names include bandit, barber pole, flag rockfish, Spanish flag, hollywood, convict, and canary. It is native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. Its distribution extends from the Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and the Aleutians south to San Diego, California.
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- Ed Bowlby, NOAA/Olympic Coast NMS; NOAA/OAR/Office of Ocean Exploration, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Sebastes_babcocki2.jpg
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