Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger), which are distrbuted along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California, are named for their long and venomous dorsal fin spines.
Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus.) is a shallow demersal (about 10 to 200m or 30 to 600 ft depth) species that ranges from Alaska to Baja California. They can be a half century old. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D2X camera in a Seacam underwater housing while scuba diving in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) that was photographed while scuba diving in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Spotted Ratfish is a relatively shallow dwelling chimaera that is found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to northern Mexico. Their vertical range (depth) is approximately 0 to 3000 feet or 1000 meters. Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes like sharks and rays. They are also refered to as ghost sharks.
