Black Rockfish. They can grow to be 25-inches long. Black Rockfish Sebastes melanops Fish Description The Black Rockfish is named as such due to its mostly dark gray to black color with some lighter tones of gray on the sides of its body.
Often confused with blue rockfish but can be differentiated from the blues by the following. Elementary school was terrible junior high was better and high school was all right. In black rockfish the upper jaw extends to or past the rear of the eye and the anal fin is rounded.
The black rockfish is commonly found in shallow water including the intertidal but may be found as deep as 366 m.
28 Black Rockfish Premium High Res Photos. Most caught from piers are under a foot in length. My first saltwater fish a Black Rockfish was also my second third and fourth saltwater fish. Globally there are one hundred eight species in the genus Sebastes of which fifty-three are found in Mexican waters all in the Pacific Ocean.