Sebastes paucispinis Ayres, 1854 .

Bocaccio. To 98.1 cm (38.6 in) TL (M.L., unpubl. data). Western Gulf of Alaska south of Shumagin Islands and Alaska Peninsula (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Isla de Cedros (Ramírez-Valdez et al. 2015), central Baja California (Chen 1971). Larvae have been taken further southward at about 26°N, 115°W, in southern Baja California (Moser et al. 1977), and a pelagic juvenile was taken in a purse seine at 26°39’N, 114°33’W, southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: juveniles near surface and in inshore waters; adults at about 20–475 m (66–1,558 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: Allen and Smith 1988); one juvenile reported from tide pool (Moring 1972).