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Steve Lonhart (SIMoN / MBNMS), license: Public Domain, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
Family:
Sebastidae
Subfamily:
Sebastinae
Genus:
Sebastes
Species:
melanops
Common:
Black rockfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northeast
Pacific, Northwest
Hallacher, L. E. 1974. The Comparative Morphology of Extrinsic Gasbladder Musculature in the Scorpionfish Genus Sebastes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, 40(3): 59-86.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Nichols, B. 2005. Characterizing Sound Production in Nearshore Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.). Master's Thesis, University of South Florida.