Sebastes

Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though some include this in the Scorpaenidae), most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. Most of the Sebastes species live in the north Pacific, although two (S. capensis and S. oculatus) live in the South Pacific/Atlantic and four (S. fasciatus, S. mentella, S. norvegicus, and S. viviparus) live in the North Atlantic. The coast off Southern California is the area of highest rockfish diversity, with 56 species living in the Southern California Bight.

Sebastes
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Early Oligocene to present[1]
Sebastes ruberrimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Sebastes norvegicus[2]

The fossil record of rockfish goes back to the Miocene, with unequivocal whole body fossils and otoliths from California and Japan (although fossil otoliths from Belgium, "Sebastes" weileri, may push the record back as far as the early Oligocene).

Rockfish are important sport and commercial fish, and many species have been overfished. As a result, seasons are tightly controlled in many areas. Sebastes species are sometimes fraudulently substituted for the more expensive northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus).[3]

Ecology

Rockfish range from the intertidal zone to almost 3,000 m (9,800 ft) deep, usually living benthically on various substrates, often (as the name suggests) around rock outcrops. Some rockfish species are very long-lived, amongst the longest-living fish on earth, with several species known to surpass 100 years of age, and a maximum reported age of 205 years for S. aleutianus.[4]

Ecotoxicology, radioecology

Like all carnivores, these fish can bioaccumulate some pollutants or radionuclides such as cesium. Highly radioactive rockfish have been caught in a port near Fukushima city, Japan, not far from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, nearly 2 years after the nuclear disaster (ex: 107000 Bq/kg[5] (2013-02-12); 116000 Bq/kg[5] (2013-02-13) and 132000Bq/kg[5] (2013-02-13), respectively 1070, 1160, and 1320 times more than the maximum allowed by Japanese authorities (as updated on April 1, 2012)[5]

Species

The 109 recognized extant species in this genus are:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Sebastes aleutianus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898)rougheye rockfishNorth Pacific (coast of Japan to the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea, to the Aleutian Islands, all the way south to San Diego, California)
Sebastes alutus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)Pacific Ocean perchNorth Pacific ( southern California around the Pacific rim to northern Honshū, Japan, including the Bering Sea.)
Sebastes atrovirens (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)kelp rockfishPacific Ocean(coast of California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico)
Sebastes auriculatus Girard, 1854brown rockfishPacific Ocean (Bahia San Hipolito in southern Baja California to Prince William Sound in the northern Gulf of Alaska.)
Sebastes aurora (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)aurora rockfishNorth Pacific
Sebastes babcocki (W. F. Thompson, 1915)redbanded rockfishPacific Ocean ( Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and the Aleutians south to San Diego, California)
Sebastes baramenuke (Wakiya, 1917)Pacific Ocean ( northern Japan to South Korea)
Sebastes borealis Barsukov, 1970shortraker rockfishPacific Ocean (southeastern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, to Fort Bragg, California.)
Sebastes brevispinis (T. H. Bean, 1884)silvergray rockfishPacific Ocean (Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Baja California)
Sebastes capensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)Cape redfishwestern coast of South Africa, Tristan da Cunha and southern South America,
Sebastes carnatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)gopher rockfishPacific Ocean ( Cape Blanco in Oregon, down to Punta San Roque in southern Baja California)
Sebastes caurinus J. Richardson, 1844copper rockfishPacific Ocean (Gulf of Alaska, to the Pacific side of the Baja California peninsula, north of Guerrero Negro.)
Sebastes cheni (Barsukov, 1988) Japanese White Seaperch or Japanese Blue SeaperchNorthwest Pacific
Sebastes chlorostictus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)green-spotted rockfisheastern pacific.
Sebastes chrysomelas (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881)black-and-yellow rockfishPacific Ocean (off California and Baja California.)
Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813)dusky rockfishPacific Ocean ( Bering Sea near British Columbia, in the Gulf of Alaska, and in the depths of the Aleutian Islands.)
Sebastes constellatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)starry rockfishPacific Ocean(California and Baja California. )
Sebastes cortezi (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)Cortez rockfishPacific Ocean ( Gulf of California along the coast of Baja California, Mexico.)
Sebastes crameri (D. S. Jordan, 1897)dark-blotched rockfishPacific Ocean (southeast of Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea to Santa Catalina Island, California)
Sebastes dallii (C. H. Eigenmann & Beeson, 1894)calico rockfishEastern central Pacific.
Sebastes diaconus Frable, D. W. Wagman, Frierson, A. Aguilar & Sidlauskas, 2015deacon rockfish[6]northern California to southern British Columbia.
Sebastes diploproa (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)split-nose rockfishNortheast Pacific
Sebastes elongatus Ayres, 1859green-striped rockfishnortheast pacific
Sebastes emphaeus (Starks, 1911)Puget Sound rockfishPacific Ocean(Kenai Peninsula, Alaska to northern California)
Sebastes ensifer L. C. Chen, 1971sword-spine rockfishcentral pacific
Sebastes entomelas (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)widow rockfishwestern North America from Alaska to Baja California.
Sebastes eos (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890)pink rockfishMonterey Bay in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico
Sebastes exsul L. C. Chen, 1971buccaneer rockfishCentral Pacific: western Gulf of California.
Sebastes fasciatus D. H. Storer (fr), 1854Acadian redfishnorthwestern Atlantic Ocean and its range extends from Virginia, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia, western Greenland and Iceland
Sebastes flammeus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)northwest pacific.
Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862)Yellowtail rockfishSan Diego, California, to Kodiak Island, Alaska
Sebastes gilli (R. S. Eigenmann, 1891)Bronzespotted rockfishMonterey Bay in California, USA to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes glaucus Hilgendorf, 1880Gray rockfishNorthwest Pacific
Sebastes goodei (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890)chilipepper rockfishwestern North America from Baja California to Vancouver.
Sebastes helvomaculatus Ayres, 1859rosethorn rockfishEastern Pacific.
Sebastes hopkinsi (Cramer, 1895)square-spot rockfishEastern Pacific.
Sebastes hubbsi (Matsubara, 1937)Northwest Pacific
Sebastes ijimae (D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913)Japan and South Korea.
Sebastes inermis G. Cuvier, 1829Japanese red seaperchcoasts of Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
Sebastes iracundus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)Northwest Pacific.
Sebastes itinus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)Japan.
Sebastes jordani (C. H. Gilbert, 1896)short-belly rockfishVancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to northern Baja California, Mexico
Sebastes joyneri Günther, 1878Togot seaperch, or offshore seaperchJapan and Korea
Sebastes kiyomatsui Y. Kai & Nakabo, 2004Japan.
Sebastes koreanus I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1994Korea.
Sebastes lentiginosus L. C. Chen, 1971freckled rockfishSanta Catalina Island in southern California, USA to northern Baja California
Sebastes levis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)cowcodsouthern California
Sebastes longispinis (Matsubara, 1934)Japan and South Korea.
Sebastes macdonaldi (C. H. Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893)Mexican rockfishCalifornia, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California
Sebastes maliger (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)quill-back rockfishPacific coast from the Gulf of Alaska to the northern Channel Islands of Southern California.
Sebastes matsubarai Hilgendorf, 1880northern Japan.
Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856black rockfishOregon, California, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska
Sebastes melanosema R. N. Lea & Fitch, 1979semaphore rockfishsouthern California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara, 1934)black-spotted rockfishNorth Pacific.
Sebastes melanostomus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890)black-gill rockfishWashington, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951deepwater redfishNorth Atlantic
Sebastes miniatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)vermilion rockfishNorth America from Baja California to Alaska.
Sebastes minor Barsukov, 1972Hokkaido, Japan to Sakhalin, Primorskii Krai, and the southern Kuril Islands.
Sebastes moseri Eitner, 1999white-speckled rockfishNortheast Pacific.
Sebastes mystinus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881)blue rockfish[6]northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from northern Baja California to central Oregon.
Sebastes nebulosus Ayres, 1854China rockfishKachemak Bay in the northern Gulf of Alaska to Redondo Beach and San Nicolas Island in southern California.
Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres, 1859tiger rockfishPacific Ocean off Kodiak Island, and from Prince William Sound, Alaska, south to Point Buchon, central California.
Sebastes nivosus Hilgendorf, 1880Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go
Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius, 1772)golden redfishNorth Atlantic.
Sebastes notius L. C. Che], 1971Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
Sebastes nudus Matsubara, 1943Japan and South Korea.
Sebastes oblongus Günther, 1877Japan and South Korea.
Sebastes oculatus Valenciennes, 1833Patagonian redfishSoutheast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands.
Sebastes ovalis (Ayres, 1862)speckled rockfishEastern Pacific
Sebastes owstoni (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914)Japanese yellow seaperchJapan to Primorskii Krai, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the North Korea
Sebastes pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843Northwest Pacific
Sebastes paucispinis Ayres, 1854Bocaccio rockfishStepovak Bay, Alaska to central Baja California
Sebastes peduncularis L. C. Chen, 1975Eastern Central Pacific.
Sebastes phillipsi (Fitch, 1964)chameleon rockfishMonterey Bay to Newport Beach in southern California, USA.
Sebastes pinniger (T. N. Gill, 1864)canary rockfishsouth of Shelikof Strait in the eastern Gulf of Alaska to Punta Colonet in northern Baja California.
Sebastes polyspinis (Taranetz & Moiseev, 1933)northern rockfishNorth Pacific.
Sebastes proriger (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)red-stripe rockfishBering Sea and Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain to San Diego, California
Sebastes rastrelliger (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)grass rockfishEastern Pacific
Sebastes reedi (Westrheim & Tsuyuki, 1967)yellow-mouth rockfishEastern Pacific.
Sebastes rosaceus Ayres, 1854rosy rockfishEastern Pacific
Sebastes rosenblatti L. C. Chen, 1971green-blotched rockfishSan Francisco in California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes ruberrimus (Cramer, 1895)yellow-eye rockfishEast Pacific and range from Baja California to Dutch harbor in Alaska
Sebastes rubrivinctus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)flag rockfishCalifornia and Baja California
Sebastes rufinanus R. N. Lea & Fitch, 1972dwarf red rockfisheastern central Pacific, especially around San Clemente Island off the coast of southern California
Sebastes rufus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890)bank rockfishFort Bragg in northern California, USA to central Baja California and Guadalupe Island (off northern central Baja California) in Mexico.
Sebastes saxicola (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)stripetail rockfishYakutat Bay, Alaska to Rompiente Point, Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880Korean rockfishnorthern Asia.
Sebastes scythropus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)Japan.
Sebastes semicinctus (C. H. Gilbert, 1897)half-banded rockfishEastern Central Pacific
Sebastes serranoides (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890)olive rockfishEastern Pacific.
Sebastes serriceps (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)treefisheastern Pacific Ocean with a range from San Francisco, California to central Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes simulator L. C. Chen, 1971pinkrose rockfishSan Pedro in southern California, USA to Guadalupe Island (off northern central Baja California) in Mexico.
Sebastes sinensis (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)black-mouth rockfishGulf of California.
Sebastes spinorbis L. C. Chen, 1975Eastern Central Pacific.
Sebastes steindachneri Hilgendorf, 1880northern Japan to the southern Kuril Islands, the northern Sea of Japan, and the Sea of Okhotsk. Reported from South Korea
Sebastes taczanowskii Steindachner, 1880white-edged rockfishNorthwest Pacific coast
Sebastes thompsoni (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)northern Japan
Sebastes trivittatus Hilgendorf, 1880Northwest Pacific
Sebastes umbrosus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)honeycomb rockfishPoint Pinos, Monterey County in central California, USA to southern central Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes variabilis (Pallas, 1814)light dusky rockfishJapan, east coast of Kamchatka to Cape Ol'utorskii in western Bering Sea, along the Aleutian Islands in the eastern Bering Sea, through the Gulf of Alaska south to Johnstone Strait, British Columbia and to central Oregon.
Sebastes variegatus Quast, 1971harlequin rockfishBowers Bank and Petrel Bank in the Aleutian chain to Newport, Oregon, USA.
Sebastes varispinis L. C. Chen, 1975Eastern Central Pacific.
Sebastes ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843Japanese black seaperchNorthwest Pacific
Sebastes viviparus Krøyer, 1845Norway redfishNorwegian coast from Kattegat to Tanafjord in Finnmark, rare off Bear Island, northern part of North Sea, around Shetland Islands, Scotland, northern England, Wales and Ireland, rare in the English Channel; Rockall Bank, common around Faroes and Iceland; sporadic off East Greenland.
Sebastes vulpes Döderlein (de), 1884fox jacopeverJapan and Korea.
Sebastes wakiyai (Matsubara, 1934)Japan and South Korea
Sebastes wilsoni (C. H. Gilbert, 1915)pygmy rockfishEast Pacific, for the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
Sebastes zacentrus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)sharp-chin rockfishSemisopochnoi Island in the Aleutian chain to San Diego, California, USA.
Sebastes zonatus L. C. Chen & Barsukov, 1976Japan and South Korea

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