Fish ID help

Howdy all,

Reeled this one in near the haystack at Pacific City yesterday.  Couldn't tell if it was a Canary rockfish, or some other (copper, quillback?).  Took some pics and tossed it back in.

Smooth chin

I vote Quilback.  That's a cool looking fish.

Quillback.

-Allen

Don't poke yourself with those spines...(which is kind of a duh).. major "bee sting" like effect..

Yeah, it didn't fit the Canary or Yellow-eye description, and obviously wasn't a Vermillion or China, so back it went.

Was a pretty fish, fought nicely, and when I saw the spines I kept the heck away from them.

Next, I may just keep it.

They eat well, IMO not as good as a china or Vermillion but better than a black.

Never seen a quillback so brown. Is it possible that it's a copper-quillback hybrid?

Z

Here's another one of the pics, shows some of the underside of the fish a little better,

Could be a Bocaccio?  good for Baco-taco's

did it look like this?
 

Could be a Bocaccio?  good for Baco-taco's

No, the jaw only extends to mid-eye on the fish I caught, and the head shape is blunter than any of the illustrations or pictures of bocaccio that I have seen.

I'm pretty sure that it is either a quillback or copper.

did it look like this?
 

I have caught a lot of those deep water halibut fishing (had to toss them all back ) but never in near-shore waters.  I don't think they come in close (depth wise).

For sure a quillback.  Caught about 6 of them this evening up here in Ketchican.

-Allen

Sorry I didn't realize there was still debate about this fish.  As Polepole and a few others said, it is indeed a quillback.

Brian

http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=Sebastes_maliger

http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/documents/image/UCM060630.jpg

http://www.elasmodiver.com/Quillback%20Rockfish%20Pictures.htm

http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/groundfish/RockfishGuide/Rockfish_Pages/Quillback_rockfish.htm