page_title: Blue rockfish
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Blue rockfish / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue rockfish off Cannery Point, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
context_page_description: The blue rockfish or blue seaperch, is a species of rockfish of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from northern Baja California to central Oregon.
context_section_description: Blue rockfish have a relatively smooth and oval appearance compared to other members of Sebastes, with very few head spines. Color is a bluish black to gray, with some darker mottling, including a pair of stripes angling down and back from the eye. The terminal mouths are small for rockfish. Length ranges up to 55 to 60 cm, and weights up to 3.8 kg.
caption: Blue rockfish off Cannery Point, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
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