Sebastes

Sebastes
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Early Oligocene to present[1]
Sebastes ruberrimus (yelloweye rockfish)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Tribe: Sebastini
Genus: Sebastes
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Sebastes norvegicus[2]
(Ascanius, 1772)
Synonyms[3]
  • Acutomentum Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893
  • Allosebastes Hubbs, 1951
  • Auctospina Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893
  • Emmelas Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  • Eosebastes Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Eusebastes Sauvage, 1878
  • Hatumeus Matsubara, 1943
  • Hispaniscus Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Mebarus Matsubara, 1943
  • Murasoius Matsubara, 1943
  • Neohispaniscus Matsubara, 1943
  • Perca Ascanius, 1772
  • Pteropodus Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893
  • Primospina Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893
  • Rosicola Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Sebastichthys Gill, 1862
  • Sebastocarus Jordan & Evermann, 1927
  • Sebastocles Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
  • Sebastodes Gill, 1861
  • Sebastomus Gill, 1864
  • Sebastopyr Jordan & Evermann, 1927
  • Sebastomus Gill, 1864
  • Takenokius Matsubara, 1943
  • Zalopyr Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Sebastes is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20.
  2. ^ Kendall, A.W.Jr. "An Historical Review of Sebastes Taxonomy and Systematics" (PDF). NOAA.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CofF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).