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Sebastes brevispinis

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Sebastes brevispinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. brevispinis
Binomial name
Sebastes brevispinis
(Bean, 1884)

Sebastes brevispinis, or the silvergray rockfish, is a bony fish within the family Scorpaenidae, the rockfishes. It is found off the Pacific coast of North America from the Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Baja California.

Taxonomy

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Sebastes brevispinis was first described by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1884 as Sebastes brevispinis.[1] It is named brevispinis (brevis = short, spinis = spine) for its short anal spines with regard to its body size.

Description

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Sebastes brevispinis is a dark charcoal gray dorsally, grading into metallic silver on its sides and a coral pink on its ventrum. the lower portions of their pectoral, anal, and pectoral fins are washed with a pinkish-orange hue. They have a long, projecting lower jaw that extends past their upper jaw. [2]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N. Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the Genus Sebastes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ Orr, J. W.; Brown, M. A.; Baker, D. C. (1998). Guide to rockfishes (Scorpaenidae) of the genera Sebastes, Sebastolobus, and Adelosebastes of the Northeast Pacific Ocean. U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo. p. 10.