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| Gopher Rockfish ( Sebastes carnatus ) |  | | Description | Stout body. Olive brown to reddish brown, mottled with pale areas of white to pink (flesh colored). Lower lip is orange | | Size | To 42.5 cm (17 inches). | | Range/Habitat | Rocky areas from Cape Blanco, OR to Southern Baja California. | | Depth | to 40 fm., more common below 40 ft. | | Remarks | Very similar to black-and-yellow rockfish genetically, in behavior and in life history. Markings are also similar, but black and yellow adult color is olivaceous to black in dark portion, yellow in light sections and it has a gray lower lip. | | Other common names | Butterball, butter bass, red garrupa, spotted rock bass. | | Credits | Picture: Nick Wilsman, ODFWText: The Rockfish of the Northeast Pacific by Love, Yoklavich and Thorsteinson. |
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