Sebastidae
Black Rockfish
Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856
Sebastes melanops, the black rockfish, is a spiny fish found mostly in the northeastern Pacific, living in reef habitats from near the surface down to 366 m.
Quillback Rockfish
Sebastes maliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes maliger, the quillback rockfish, is a spiny Pacific coast fish with specific habitat preferences across North America's west coast.
Yelloweye Rockfish
Sebastes ruberrimus (Cramer, 1895)
Sebastes ruberrimus, the yelloweye rockfish, is a Pacific fish with distinct juvenile and adult coloration that lives on deep rocky seabeds.
Grass Rockfish
Sebastes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes rastrelliger is a dark green demersal fish found in shallow nearshore waters of the eastern North Pacific.
Black-and-yellow Rockfish
Sebastes chrysomelas (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)
Sebastes chrysomelas, the black-and-yellow rockfish, is a venomous viviparous fish found along the Pacific coast of North America.
Starry Rockfish
Sebastes constellatus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Starry rockfish (Sebastes constellatus) is a viviparous Pacific marine fish found off western North America.
Gopher Rockfish
Sebastes carnatus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes carnatus, the gopher rockfish, is a stout-bodied Pacific rockfish found along North America's western coast.
Chilipepper
Sebastes goodei (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)
Sebastes goodei (chilipepper) is a Pacific fish with a slender body, found from British Columbia to Baja California.
Canary Rockfish
Sebastes pinniger (Gill, 1864)
Sebastes pinniger, the canary rockfish, is a distinctive orange-striped rockfish with specific depth and feeding habits.
Blue Rockfish
Sebastes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)
Sebastes mystinus, the blue rockfish, is a Sebastes species found off the Pacific coast of North America that feeds on plankton and small prey.
Calico Rockfish
Sebastes dallii (Eigenmann & Beeson, 1894)
Sebastes dallii, the calico rockfish, is a small Pacific demersal ovoviviparous carnivorous rockfish species.
Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes miniatus is a stocky red to vermilion spotted rockfish found in eastern Pacific rocky reefs from Alaska to Baja California.
Yellowtail Rockfish
Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862)
Sebastes flavidus, the yellowtail rockfish, is a Pacific Northwest marine fish with a distinct yellow caudal fin found from Baja California to Alaska.
Widow Rockfish
Sebastes entomelas (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes entomelas, the widow rockfish, is a brassy-brown pelagic-neritic fish ranging from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California.
Kelp Rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Sebastes atrovirens is a subtropical kelp-associated marine rockfish found from California to central Baja California.
Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus Richardson, 1844
Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) is a variable-colored demersal Pacific rockfish that uses sound for agonistic interactions.
China Rockfish
Sebastes nebulosus Ayres, 1854
Sebastes nebulosus, the China rockfish, is an eastern Pacific reef fish identifiable by its distinctive hockey-stick shaped yellow stripe.
Acadian Redfish
Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1854
Sebastes fasciatus, the Acadian redfish, is a reddish-orange marine fish native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Deepwater Redfish
Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951
Sebastes mentella is a bathypelagic oceanic fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean at depths between 300 and 1,441 m.
Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis Ayres, 1854
Sebastes paucispinis, the bocaccio rockfish, is a large viviparous marine ray-finned rockfish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Brown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus Girard, 1854
Sebastes auriculatus, the brown rockfish, is a northeastern Pacific fish with characteristic coloration and spines, growing to 56 cm long.
Greenstriped Rockfish
Sebastes elongatus Ayres, 1859
Sebastes elongatus is a venomous-spined demersal fish from the northeastern Pacific, identifiable by its slender body and longitudinal green stripes.
Rosethorn Rockfish
Sebastes helvomaculatus Ayres, 1859
Sebastes helvomaculatus is a small slender demersal rockfish found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.
Tiger Rockfish
Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres, 1859
Sebastes nigrocinctus, the tiger rockfish, is a large reef-dwelling rockfish found in the eastern Pacific from Alaska to California.
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