. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical FLAG ROCKFISH, Sebastes rubrivinctus (Jordan and Gilbert 1880) Scorpaenidae: Scorpionfishes Taxonomic comment The redbanded rockfish, Sebastes babcocki, was considered to be the same species as the flag rockfish, with babcocki being a junior synonym of rubrivinctus, from 1928 to 1972. Rosenblatt and Chen (1972) presented evidence to separate the two as distinct species. Literature Reported from San Francisco, California, to Cape San
. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical FLAG ROCKFISH, Sebastes rubrivinctus (Jordan and Gilbert 1880) Scorpaenidae: Scorpionfishes Taxonomic comment The redbanded rockfish, Sebastes babcocki, was considered to be the same species as the flag rockfish, with babcocki being a junior synonym of rubrivinctus, from 1928 to 1972. Rosenblatt and Chen (1972) presented evidence to separate the two as distinct species. Literature Reported from San Francisco, California, to Cape San Quintin, Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Because of the confu- sion of redbanded rockfish with flag rockfish, probably all fish identified as flag rockfish north of San Francisco from 1928 to 1972 were redbanded rockfish (Rosenblatt and Chen 1972). The flag rockfish has been reported at depths of 0 to 302 m (Howe 1981). Survey data From south of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, to the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Depth range 125 to 425 m, most frequently ( of occurrences) on the upper slope between 200 and 250 m, and of occurrences from depths <350 m. Survey data show a geographic range for this species that is misleading. Because the data include samples collected as far back as 1953, records of flag rockfish north of San Francisco (and possibly some south of there) were probably records of redbanded rockfish. The two species were probably correctly distinguished after the mid-1970's. It is also not certain how the confusion of these two species affects the depth frequency distribution found in the data. Thus the range of this species will be regarded conservatively as being that found in the literature. Conclusions Zoogeography Life zone Range Depth Oregonian-San Diegan Inner shelf-mesobenthal (mesobenthal) From San Francisco, California, to Cape San Quintin, Baja California 0 to 302 m (possibly to 425 m). SCORPAENIDAE Flag rockfish Sebastes rubrivinct
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