Sebastes aurora
Sebastes aurora, the aurora rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Sebastes aurora was first formally described as Sebastichthys aurora in 1890 by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert with the type locality given as Santa Barbara Islands in California. Some authorities place this species in the subgenus Eosebastes. The specific name aurora means "dawn" or "sunrise" thought to be an allusion to the uniform red colour of the body, although it is paler on the lower body. Description Sebastes aurora has a deep rhombus-shaped body which is 36% to 40% as deep as its standard length and is covered in scales. There are 13 spines and 12-14 soft rays in the dorsal fin. The anal fin contains 3 spines, the second spine being rather long, and 5-6 soft rays. There are robust spines on the head, these are nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal and nuchal spines but typically there are no coronal spines. There are small lobes protruding from the front part of the upper jaw. The caudal fin is truncate or concave. On capture the