Sebastes melanostictus

Sebastes melanostictus
At the Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. melanostictus
Binomial name
Sebastes melanostictus
(Matsubara, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sebastodes melanostictus Matsubara, 1934
  • Sebastodes kawaradae Matsubara, 1934
  • Sebastes kawaradae (Matsubara, 1934)

Sebastes melanostictus, the blackspotted rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sebastes melanostictus". FishBase. August 2021 version.