. Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science. Figure 1. Uniformly red Redbanded Rockfish, Sebastes babcocki, from Monterey Bay, sampled from FA^ Alex Kevin D. 10 February 2004. procured for further analysis in the laboratory. Upon examination of the general morphology of the specimen, we determined it to be a Redbanded Rockfish, typical in all aspects of S. babcocki with the exception of coloration ( essentially uniformly red and lacking vertical red and white banding). The rockfish measured 557 mm TL, 546 mm FL, and 465 mm SL. and weighed g when fresh. The fish wa
. Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science. Figure 1. Uniformly red Redbanded Rockfish, Sebastes babcocki, from Monterey Bay, sampled from FA^ Alex Kevin D. 10 February 2004. procured for further analysis in the laboratory. Upon examination of the general morphology of the specimen, we determined it to be a Redbanded Rockfish, typical in all aspects of S. babcocki with the exception of coloration ( essentially uniformly red and lacking vertical red and white banding). The rockfish measured 557 mm TL, 546 mm FL, and 465 mm SL. and weighed g when fresh. The fish was a mature male and possessed a large genital papilla. Counts were: D XIII, 14; A III, 7; Pectoral L 9/18, R 8/18 (unbranched rays/total rays); Gill rakers L 9+22 = 31, R 8+21=29. The age was estimated to be 57 years from otoHths using the break and burn method (D. Pearson, NOAA, NMFS, pers. comm.). The general morphology of the preopercular bone was typical for the species; the third spine is acutely hooked downward in S. babcocki. Figure 2. General morphology of preopercular bone from Redbanded Rockfish. Sebastes babcocki: note configuration of 3'"'^ preopercular spine. Bone from specimen (548 mm SL. 655 mm TL) taken off Davenport, Calif, 170-215 F/V Sunrise III set gill net. 5 April Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles : Southern California Academy of Sciences
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