page_title: Sebastes
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Sebastes / Species
caption_attribution_description: Rose fish, or redfish, etc. (Sebastes marinus). Taken at the New England Aquarium (Boston, MA, December 2006. Copyright &#169; 2006 Steven G. Johnson and donated to Wikipedia under GFDL and CC-by-SA.
context_page_description: Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae, 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 live in the South Pacific/Atlantic and four 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.
  The fossil record of rockfish goes back to the Miocene, with unequivocal whole body fossils and otoliths from California and Japan.
  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.
context_section_description: The 109 recognized extant species in this genus are:
  Sebastes aleutianus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898) (rougheye rockfish)
  Sebastes alutus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Pacific Ocean perch)
  Sebastes atrovirens (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (kelp rockfish)
  Sebastes auriculatus Girard, 1854 (brown rockfish)
  Sebastes aurora (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (aurora rockfish)
  Sebastes babcocki (W. F. Thompson, 1915) (redbanded rockfish)
  Sebastes baramenuke (Wakiya, 1917)
  Sebastes borealis Barsukov, 1970 (shortraker rockfish)
  Sebastes brevispinis (T. H. Bean, 1884) (silvergray rockfish)
  Sebastes capensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Cape redfish)
  Sebastes carnatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (gopher rockfish)
  Sebastes caurinus J. Richardson, 1844 (copper rockfish)
  Sebastes cheni  (Barsukov, 1988)  (Japanese White Seaperch) or (Japanese Blue Seaperch)
  Sebastes chlorostictus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (green-spotted rockfish)
  Sebastes chrysomelas (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881) (black-and-yellow rockfish)
  Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813) (dusky rockfish)
  Sebastes constellatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (starry rockfish)
  Sebastes cortezi (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938) (Cortez rockfish)
  Sebastes crameri (D. S. Jordan, 1897) (dark-blotched rockfish)
  Sebastes dallii (C. H. Eigenmann & Beeson, 1894) (calico rockfish)
  Sebastes diaconus Frable, D. W. Wagman, Frierson, A. Aguilar & Sidlauskas, 2015 (deacon rockfish)
  Sebastes diploproa (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (split-nose rockfish)
  Sebastes elongatus Ayres, 1859 (green-striped rockfish)
  Sebastes emphaeus (Starks, 1911) (Puget Sound rockfish)
  Sebastes ensifer L. C. Chen, 1971 (sword-spine rockfish)
  Sebastes entomelas (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (widow rockfish)
  Sebastes eos (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (pink rockfish)
  Sebastes exsul L. C. Chen, 1971 (buccaneer rockfish)
  Sebastes fasciatus D. H. Storer (fr), 1854 (Acadian redfish)
  Sebastes flammeus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
  Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862) (Yellowtail rockfish)
  Sebastes gilli (R. S. Eigenmann, 1891) (Bronzespotted rockfish)
  Sebastes glaucus Hilgendorf, 1880 (Gray rockfish)
  Sebastes goodei (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (chilipepper rockfish)
  Sebastes helvomaculatus Ayres, 1859 (rosethorn rockfish)
  Sebastes hopkinsi (Cramer, 1895) (square-spot rockfish)
  Sebastes hubbsi (Matsubara, 1937)
  Sebastes ijimae (D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913)
  Sebastes inermis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Japanese red seaperch)
  Sebastes iracundus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
  Sebastes itinus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
  Sebastes jordani (C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (short-belly rockfish)
  Sebastes joyneri Günther, 1878 (Togot seaperch, or offshore seaperch)
  Sebastes kiyomatsui Y. Kai & Nakabo, 2004
  Sebastes koreanus I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1994
  Sebastes lentiginosus L. C. Chen, 1971 (freckled rockfish)
  Sebastes levis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889) (cowcod)
  Sebastes longispinis (Matsubara, 1934)
  Sebastes macdonaldi (C. H. Eigenmann & Beeson, 1893) (Mexican rockfish)
  Sebastes maliger (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (quill-back rockfish)
  Sebastes matsubarai Hilgendorf, 1880
  Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856 (black rockfish)
  Sebastes melanosema R. N. Lea & Fitch, 1979 (semaphore rockfish)
  Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara, 1934) (black-spotted rockfish)
  Sebastes melanostomus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (black-gill rockfish)
  Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951 (deepwater redfish)
  Sebastes miniatus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (vermilion rockfish)
  Sebastes minor Barsukov, 1972
  Sebastes moseri Eitner, 1999 (white-speckled rockfish)
  Sebastes mystinus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881) (blue rockfish)
  Sebastes nebulosus Ayres, 1854 (China rockfish)
  Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres, 1859 (tiger rockfish)
  Sebastes nivosus Hilgendorf, 1880
  Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius, 1772) (golden redfish)
  Sebastes notius L. C. Che], 1971
  Sebastes nudus Matsubara, 1943
  Sebastes oblongus Günther, 1877
  Sebastes oculatus Valenciennes, 1833 (Patagonian redfish)
  Sebastes ovalis (Ayres, 1862) (speckled rockfish)
  Sebastes owstoni (D. 
caption: Sebastes norvegicus at the New England Aquarium
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