Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Sebastes jordani

Shortbelly rockfish

WoRMS 274806ITIS 166725GBIF 2335495key worms:274806

2026-08-05: itis_id 166725 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Harold Eyster · CC BY 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sebastes melanops

Shortbelly rockfish32 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Sebastes jordani — Photo · linddealy · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Sebastes jordani, or the shortbelly rockfish, is a bony fish within the family Scorpaenidae, the rockfishes. It is found off the Pacific coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California.W CalCOFI holds 3,255 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2023, as larva.R

3,255
observations: 3,255
records: 3,255
sampling events: 1951–2023
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 3,255 obs · 3,255 events · 1951–2023 · larva
name used: Sebastes jordani Shortbelly rockfish · code 684

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:274806%22

Sebastes jordani

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.