Sebastes miniatus

Sebastes miniatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. miniatus
Binomial name
Sebastes miniatus
Synonyms[1]
  • Sebastichthys miniatus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
  • Sebastodes miniatus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Sebastes miniatus, the vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, red rock cod, and rasher,[2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America from Baja California to Alaska.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sebastes miniatus". FishBase. August 2021 version.
  2. ^ Barnhart, Percy Spencer (1936). Marine Fishes of Southern California. University of California Press. p. 52. GGKEY:0HFX532KJZH.