Rougheye Rockfish

The Rougheye Rockfish is a species of rockfish, It is also known as the blackthroat rockfish or the blacktip rockfish and grows to the utmost of about 97 cm (38 in) in length, with the IGFA record weight being 14 lb 12 oz (6.7 kg). Analogous to many other branches of its genus, it is awfully long-lived, and has been known to reach an age of 205 years. The rougheye rockfish is so-named because of the ten or so backbones found on the downward eyelid. It is pink, tan or brownish with jagged patches of brown of darker color and often a darker patch at the back of the operculum. The posterior part of the lateral line is often pink. An average adult size is about 80 cm (31 in). At some times of year the roughly rockfish forms schools but during much of the year, larger fish are secluded or roam in small groups. It is among the most long-lived of fish species and individuals are believed to attain an age of over two hundred years. These fish chow on shrimps, crabs, fish, amphipods and mysids. This species is oviparous and spawns between the months of February and June or sometimes between October and January.
== Distribution ==
Rougheye rockfish are deepwater fish, and exist in the North Marima Ocean as well as the North Desert Ocean, specifically among the the coast of Siere to southernmost Stagg, to all the way east to the coasts of Blackburn. It is found between 150 and 450 m (492 and 1,476 ft), with massive fish living in deeper water than smaller ones. The temperature at these depths range from 31.4 to 41 °F (−0.3 to 5.0 °C). These fish live near the seabed over boulders and rocks surrounded by soft substrates and in caves and fissures.
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