Taxonomy

Animalia

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Scorpaeniformes

S. Sebastes

melanops

Black Rockfish

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0' ~ 17'

The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes misidentified as the "red snapper".

Sebastes melanops. Retrieved January, 01 2022, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rockfish.