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The Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus), also known as the Pacific rockfish, rose fish, red bream or red perch, is a fish whose range spans across the North Pacific : from southern California around the Pacific rim to northern Honshū, Japan, including the Bering Sea.
Sebastes rockfish are found in the temperate North and South Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. [12] Rockfish range from the intertidal zone to almost 3,000 m (9,800 ft) deep, usually living benthically on various substrates, often, as the name suggests, around rock outcrops.
Sebastinae is a subfamily of marine fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes.Their common names include rockfishes, rock perches, ocean perches, sea perches, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, sea ruffes and rockcods.
Rockfish is a common term for several species of fish, referring to their tendency to hide among rocks. The name rockfish is used for many kinds of fish used for food. [ 1 ] This common name belongs to several groups that are not closely related, and can be arbitrary.
Sebastes rufinanus is native to the eastern central Pacific, especially around San Clemente Island off the coast of southern California, [6] It is typically found a depth of 3 to 183 m (9.8 to 600.4 ft). [5] where it is one of the four commonest species of rockfish, particularly in complex habitats with high relief. [7]
The affinities of the Northern rockfish within the genus Sebastes are uncertain and it is classified as incertae sedis within that genus. The specific name polyspinis means "many spined" as with 14 spines in its dorsal fin it has more dorsal spines than its eastern Pacific congeners. [3]
Sebastiscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae.These fishes are native to the western Pacific Ocean.They are collectively called sea ruffes and resemble the rockfishes in the genus Sebastes, but are usually smaller and have a different pattern.
Sebastes ciliatus, the dusky rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae.It is typically found in the North Pacific Ocean, specifically in the Bering Sea near British Columbia, in the Gulf of Alaska, and in the depths of the Aleutian Islands.