Sebastes melanostomus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Red rockfishes with strong head spines.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Found on soft bottom in deep water , but young in shallower areas [1]. Juveniles are pelagic[2]. Common depth: 137-328 fm (250-600 m ). Maximum depth: 420 fm (768 m).

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,476 meters (0 to -14,685 feet).[3]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Reproduction

Viviparous, with planktonic larvae[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Sebastes melanostomus • Sebastodes melanostomus • Sebastodes melanostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 • Sebastodes melanostomus Eigenmann & Eigenmann

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Jul-1994

Similar Species

Shortraker RF - body pink or orange-pink; mouth, branchiostegal membranes, and gill cavity red to red-black; peritoneum light w/ black spots; gillrakers 27-31 (typically 30-34 in Blackgill RF).

Rougheye RF - 2-10 spines below eye; mouth, branchiostegal membranes, and gill cavity red to red-black; peritoneum light.

Pacific Ocean Perch - head spines weak and differ in count; dark blotches discrete at dorsal base; symphyseal knob prominent.

Sharpchin RF - symphyseal knob prominent; discrete blotches w/ at least one crossing lateral line; head spines differ in count; anal spine 2 longer than 3.

Members of the genus Sebastes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 100 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. aleutianus (Rougheye Rockfish) · S. alutus (Pacific Ocean Perch) · S. atrorubens (Roundhead Rockfish) · S. atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish) · S. auriculatus (Brown Rockfish) · S. aurora (Aurora Rockfish) · S. babcocki (Redbanded Rockfish) · S. bibroni (Silvergray Rockfish) · S. borealis (Black-Throated Rock-Fish) · S. brevispinis (Silvergray Rockfish) · S. capensis (Cape Scorpionfish) · S. carnatus (Gopher Rockfish) · S. caurinus (Copper Rockfish) · S. chlorostictus (Greenspotted Rockfish) · S. chrysomelas (Black- And- Yellow Rockfish) · S. ciliatus (Light Dusky Rockfish) · S. constellatus (Starry Rockfish) · S. cortezi (Cortez Rockfish) · S. crameri (Blackblotched Rockfish) · S. dalli (Calico Rockfish) · S. dallii (Calico Rockfish) · S. diploproa (Lobe-Jawed Rockfish) · S. elongatus (Greenstriped Rockfish) · S. emphaeus (Puget Sound Rockfish) · S. ensifer (Swordspine Rockfish) · S. entomelas (Rocky Mountain Whitefish) · S. eos (Pink Rockfish) · S. exsul (Buccaneer Rockfish) · S. faciatus (Acadian Rockfish) · S. fasciatus (Labrador Redfish) · S. flavidus (Yellowtail Rockfish) · S. gilli (Bronzespotted Rockfish) · S. glaucus (Blue Rockfish) · S. goodei (Chilipepper Rockfish) · S. helvomaculatus (Rosethorn Rockfish) · S. hopkinsi (Squarespot Rockfish) · S. inermis (Dark-Banded Rockfish) · S. jordani (Shortbelly Rockfish) · S. lentiginosus (Freckled Rock-Cod) · S. levis (Cow Rockfish) · S. macdonaldi (Mexican Rockfish) · S. macrocephalus (Large-Headed Scorpionfish) · S. macrochir (Short-Spined Thorny-Head) · S. maliger (Orange-Spotted Rock-Fish) · S. marinus (Bream) · S. marinus marinus (Bream) · S. marmoratus (Marbled Rockfish) · S. melanops (Black Rockfish) · S. melanosema (Semaphore Rockfish) · S. melanostomus (Rocky Mountain Whitefish) · S. mentella (Deep Water Redfish) · S. miniatus (Vermillion Rockfish) · S. moseri (Whitespeckled Rockfish) · S. mystinus (Blue Rockfish) · S. nebulosus (Yellowstripe Rockfish) · S. nematophthalmus (Spinythroat Scorpionfish) · S. nigrocinctus (Black-Banded Rockfish) · S. nigropunctatus (St. Helena Deepwater Scorpionfish) · S. norvegicus (Golden Redfish) · S. notius (Guadalupe Rockfish) · S. oculata (Blackbelly Rosefish) · S. oculatus (Blackbelly Rosefish) · S. ovalis (Speckled Rockfish) · S. pachycephalus (Chmidt) · S. paucispinis (Boccacio Rockfish) · S. paucispinus (Boccacio Rockfish) · S. peduncularis (Gulf Rockfish) · S. percoides (Red Gurnard Scorpionfish) · S. phillipsi (Chameleon Rockfish) · S. pinniger (Orange Rockfish) · S. polyspinis (Northern Rockfish) · S. proriger (Redstripe Rockfish) · S. rastrelliger (Grass Rockfish) · S. reedi (Yellowmouth Rockfish) · S. rosaceus (Rosy Rockfish) · S. rosenblatti (Greenblotched Rockfish) · S. ruberrimus (Turkey-Red Rockfish) · S. rubrivinctus (Flag Rockfish) · S. rufinanus (Dwarf- Red Rockfish) · S. rufus (Bank Rockfish) · S. saxicola (Olive-Backed Rockfish) · S. scaber (Pygmy Scorpionfish) · S. schlegelii (Schlegel's Black Rockfish) · S. semicinctus (Halfbanded Rockfish) · S. serranoides (Olive Rockfish) · S. serriceps (Treefish) · S. serrulatus (Pygmy Lionfish) · S. simulator (Pinkrose Rockfish) · S. sinensis (Blackmouth Rockfish) · S. spinorbis (Spinyeye Rockfish) · S. thetidis (Rough Gurnard Perch) · S. thompsoni (Goldeye Rockfish) · S. umbrosus (Honeycomb Rock-Cod) · S. variabilis (Dusky Rockfish) · S. variegatus (Harlequin Rockfish) · S. varispinis (Hidden Rockfish) · S. viviparus (Lesser Redfish) · S. vulpes (Fox Jacopever) · S. wilsoni (Wilson´s Rock-Fish) · S. zacentrus (Sharpchin Rockfish)

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Further Reading

• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 136, p. 255, p. 258, p. 314.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 300, p. 528, p. 665.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , , , , p. 254, p. 256, p. 355, p. 362, p. 40, p. 413, p. 531, p. 533, p. 665, p. 711, p. 713, p. 715, p. 716, p. 717, p. 719, p. 721, p. 722, p. 731, p. 763, p. 86, p. 921, p. 923.
• Our living oceans: the first annual report on the status of U.S. living marine resources. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1991. url p. 120.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 369.

Notes

Contributors

• Alaska Fisheries Science Center
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: North Pacific Groundfish Observer (North Pacific Research Board)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 138451
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24969
• Fishbase Species ID: 3981
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13535943
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166728
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124603

Footnotes

1. Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. [back]
2. Moser, H.G. (1996). Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes and rockfishes. p. 733-795. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. [back]
3. Mean = -1,320.570 meters (-4,332.579 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,361.220 based on 21 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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