Vermillion Rockfish vs. Canary Rockfish

[Jackpot Jimmy]

Canary rockfish are easily mistaken for reds, or vermillion rockfish. In the state of California, you cannot retain canary rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, or cowcod, all part of the rockfish genus. Here is a helpful source to help differentiate the two. It also has a picture of how to identify an adult and juvenile yelloweye rockfish.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/canary_id.pdf