| Common name | Black rockfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | Queen Charlotte Islands (Ref. 27835). |
| Ref. | Hart, J.L., 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | habitat/ecology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4925. |