Sebastes melanostictus

Sebastes melanostictus is a species of rockfish found in the North Pacific. It is commonly known as the blackspotted rockfish.[1]

Sebastes melanostictus
At the Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. melanostictus
Binomial name
Sebastes melanostictus
Matsubara, 1934

Distribution

S. melanostictus is found in the Pacific Ocean at about 35° North from Japan through the Kuril Islands and Aleutian Islands, and the Bering Sea to about 60.5° North. The southern extent of its distribution is at 32.6° North, around the Southern California Bight.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sebastes melanostictus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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