Bocaccio

The bocaccio rockfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae, It is found in the northeast Pacific Ocean. It is also known as rock salmon, salmon grouper, rockcod, Pacific red snapper, or simply bocaccio.

The bocaccio is a marine rockfish of the northeast Pacific, ranging from Alaska to central Baja California and most common from Oregon to northern Baja. It lives from the surface down to about 478 m, most often between 150 and 1,000 feet, around kelp forests and oil platforms.