Orr and Blackburn: Resurrection of Sebastes variabilis and redescnption of Sebastes ciliatus 



337 



0.45 



0.5 



0.55 



0.6 

 SPC2 



065 



0.7 



0.75 



O 



Q. 

 W 



4 -| 



3  



2 



1 





 -1 

 -2 

 -3 

 -4 

 -5 

 -3 



4 



3 



2 



1 



 

 -1 

 -2 

 -3 

 -4 



-2.5 



-1.5 



-0.5 



0.5 

 PC1 



1.5 



2.5 



3.5 



4.5 



0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 



PC1 (meristic) 



0.7 



0.75 



Figure 3 



Plots of sheared ( SPC ) and standard principal component < PC ) scores for 

 morphometric and meristic characters for Sebastes ciliatus (diamonds) 

 and S. variabilis (triangles). (A) Morphometric characters only, (Bi 

 meristic characters only, and ( C ) morphometric ( SPC2 ) versus meristic 

 characters (PCI). 



dorsal fin ventrally and forward narrowing across lateral 

 line, faint darker mottling also present farther posterior 

 at soft dorsal-fin base. Head nearly uniformly dark, two 

 faint bars extending from orbit to preopercle, a faint bar 

 along anterior margin of maxilla. Median fins uniformly 

 dark gray to black. Pectoral fins, including lower rays, gray 

 to black. Pelvic fins dark. Peritoneum jet black; stomach, 

 pyloric caeca, and intestines pale. See Figure 1 (A-C, E), 

 and previously published color figures of Kessler (1985. 

 "S. ciliatus, dark dusky rockfish"), Kramer and O'Connell 

 (1986; "S. ciliatus, dark"), Kramer and O'Connell (1988, 

 1995; "S. ciliatus, Kodiak specimen," and "shallow water 

 specimen"), Orr et al. (1998, 2000; "S. sp. cf. ciliatus, dark 

 dusky rockfish"), Orr and Reuter (2002; "S. ciliatus, dark 

 dusky"), and Mecklenburg et al. (2002; "S. ciliatus, dark 



phase"). Juveniles in life (Fig. 1C) similar to adults in 

 general body color, often brassy on breast and head. 



Largest specimen examined 340.0 mm (425 mm TL, 

 412 mm fork length; UW 46068). Maximum size confirmed 

 470 mm fork length (RACE Division 6 ; Orr, personal observ.). 



Distribution and natural history 



The range of Sebastes ciliatus based on material exam- 

 ined extends from the western Aleutian Islands and east- 



6 RACE (Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering) 

 Division. 2002. Unpubl. data from RACE database. Alaska 

 Fisheries Science Center, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, 7600 

 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. 



