Genus

Sebastes (Rockfishes)

Sebastes mystinus. Photo: (c) NOAA Photo Library, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though some include this in Scorpaenidae), most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. Most of the Sebastes species live in the north Pacific, although two (Sebastes capensis and Sebastes oculatus) live in the south Pacific/Atlantic and four (Sebastes fasciatus, Sebastes mentella, Sebastes norvegicus and Sebastes viviparus) live in the north Atlantic. The coast…

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Subtaxa

Species: Sebastes rastrelliger (Grass rockfish)

Species: Sebastes melanops (Black rockfish)

Species: Sebastes pinniger (Canary rockfish)

Species: Sebastes chrysomelas (Black-and-yellow rockfish)

Species: Sebastes auriculatus (Brown rockfish)

Species: Sebastes caurinus (Copper rockfish)

Species: Sebastes mystinus (Blue rockfish)

Species: Sebastes miniatus (Vermilion rockfish)

Species: Sebastes nebulosus (China rockfish)

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