Morphological properties of dark banded rockfish (Sebastes inermis) were analysed to investigate its acoustic scattering characteristics. Total of 18 live samples was prepared for X-ray photos and collected morphological coordinates of their body and swim bladder shapes. Kirchhoff-ray mode model was used to calculate acoustic scattering pattern for broad-band frequency range. Inclination of swim bladder ranged from 17 to 30 and the averaged value was about 25.2° (S.D.(standard deviation)=3.15). There were no any tendency of increase or decrease in volume and area ratio of swim bladder to fish body and ranged from 2.2 % to 4.43 % and 14.85 % to 21.31 %, respectively. The averaged value of volume and area ratio was 3.13 % (S.D.=0.52) and 17.6 % (S.D.=1.5). b20 values were –69.01 for 38 kHz, –69.83 for 70 kHz, –70.17 for 120 kHz and -70.93 for 200 kHz, recpectively. Broadband acoustic patterns of dark banded rockfish for 20 ~ 200 kHz were similar among samples and they reflected size and morphological properties of fish species.

어류의 시각 구조와 시각 기능 연구에 있어서 행동적 요인이나 환경적 요인의 중요성은 시각생태학에서 매우 중요하게 다루어지고 있으며, 볼락, Sebastes inermis에 관하여는 아직까지 초기 눈의 성장 및 발달에 관한 발생생물학적 연구가 이루어진 바가 없음을 고려하여 이에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 볼락의 전장, 두장, 두고, 눈의 직경과 수정체 직경은 산출 직후부터 산출 후 60일까지의 단계에서 양성의 상관관계(positive allometry)를