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Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) translates to mean “magnificent few spines”. Bocaccio are commonly known a salmon grouper or red snapper. They are found suspended in large schools over the continental shelf at midwater depths that vary from 150 feet to 1000 feet but most often at depths between 328 and 492 feet. Bocaccio associate with canyon ridges, rock walls or drop-offs with high vertical relief and over sandmud bottoms. Bocaccio are a long lived species living up 60 years of age and grow to an impressive size of 36 inches and weighing up to 20 pounds. The color of bocaccio varies from olive orange to burnt orange to brown with the color of the lateral line varying from creamy to pink brown. The lower jaw is long strongly projecting past the upper jaw characterized by a wide symphyseal knob. The anal spines are small. Bocaccio are part of the continental shelf rockfish assemblage which includes Pacific Ocean perch, bocaccio, chilipepper, and canary, silvergray, black and widow rockfish. The assemblage is based on research trawl surveys conducted by the National Fisheries Service from Cape Flattery to Cape Blanco, and is characterized by a canaryyellowtailsilvergray assemblage at a depth of 300 to 600 feet. Bocaccio feed mostly at night on forage fish. Bocaccio rockfish:Date.......Depth.From.........................T0.........................................................Date.....Depth...From.........................To..............................
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