Sebastes pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843

This species is distinguished by the following characters: cranium armed dorsally with robust preocular, supraocular, postocular, and parietal spines; concave interorbital space; lower jaw scaleless and shorter than upper jaw; base of entire spinous portion of dorsal fin densely covered with minute scales; body with 3 dark brown saddles and lacking yellow or brownish-red markings on dorsum when fresh; dark spots on soft-rayed portion of dorsal and anal fins, and caudal fin (Ref. 93737).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6

Inhabits shallow rocky reefs (Ref. 42552). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

fisheries: commercial