Sebastes scaber

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Scorpaenodes scaber • Scorpaenodes scaber (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

Similar Species

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

• An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 21.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 374.
• Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales, with their principal synonyms. Sydney, T. Richards, Govt. Printer, 1886. url p. 21.
• Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Brisbane, Queensland Museum, 1912- url p. 177.
• Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 359.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 577, p. 864.
• Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1890- url p. 387, p. 398.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 117, p. 228.
• The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 374.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 171056
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4007765

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