Sebastes brevispinis
Sebastes brevispinis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Scorpaenidae |
Genus: | Sebastes |
Species: | S. brevispinis
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Binomial name | |
Sebastes brevispinis (Bean, 1884)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N. Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the Genus Sebastes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ 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.