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Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis)

  Video screenshot: Bocaccio and a school of cowcod
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(Sebastes paucispinis)
Photo: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center


Status
ESA Candidate Species - Puget Sound
ESA Species of Concern - Pacific-Southern DPS (Northern CA to Mexico)

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species: paucispinis

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title Federal Register Date
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 5 Rockfish Species in the Puget Sound Under the Endangered Species Act 73 FR 14195 03/17/2008

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