This uniquely-colored black rockfish was caught while fishing the Gulf of Alaska. It appears to be a hybrid cross with a yelloweye, canary or tiger rockfish ...not sure though. It could simply be a color variation. We often see yelloweye rockfish with black markings ...not sure why this occurs either.
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