Sebastiscus

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Sebastiscus
Sebastiscus marmoratus by OpenCage.jpg
False kelpfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Sebastinae
Tribe: Sebastini
Genus: Sebastiscus
D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
Type species
Sebastes marmoratus
Cuvier, 1829 [1]

Sebastiscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae. These fishes are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are collectively called sea ruffes and resemble the rockfishes in the genus Sebastes , but are usually smaller and have a different pattern.

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Taxonomy

Sebastiscus was first formally described as a subgenus of Sebastes by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1904 with Sebastes marmoratus, which had been described by Georges Cuvier in 1829, as its type species. It was regarded as a subgenus up to 1984 when it was proposed as a valid genus, [2] albeit within the same tribe Sebastini as the speciose genus Sebastes, which is one of the tribes of the subfamily Sebastinae within the family Scorpaenidae and the order Scorpaeniformes. [3] but other authorities place it in the Perciformes in the suborder Scorpaenoidei. [4]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [5] [6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
AyameKG.jpg Sebastiscus albofasciatus (Lacépède, 1802)Western Pacific off the coast of China, Japan, and Korea
SebastiscusMarmoratusJI2.jpg Sebastiscus marmoratus (G. Cuvier, 1829)False kelpfish, Japanese sea ruffeWestern Pacific from southern Japan to the Philippines.
UkkariKG.jpg Sebastiscus tertius (Barsukov & L. C. Chen, 1978)Western Pacific
Sebastiscus vibrantus Morishita, Kawai & Motomura, 2018Western Pacific

Characteristics

Sebastiscus was described by Jordan and Starks as being similar to the subgenus Sebastodes of the genus Sebastes, the Pacific rockfishes were considered to be separate from the Atlantic redfishes which bore the generic name Sebastes. They also stated that these fishes bore a close resemblance to the fishes in the subgenus Pteropodus but differed in the possession of 12 dorsal fin spines and in the vertebrae count. These characteristics were thought to be similar to the genus Scorpaena . Sebastiscus was differentiated from Helicolenus by having a well developed swim bladder. [7]

Distribution and habitat

Sebasticus species are found in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan and Korea south to the Philippines. [5] Extralimital records of S. marmoratus in Australia and Norway are thought to probably be a result of fish being transported to these locations in the ballast water of ships. [8] [9] They are shallow water coastal species. [7]

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Sebastinae is a subfamily of marine fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes. Their common names include rockfishes, rock perches, ocean perches, sea perches, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, sea ruffes and rockcods. Despite the latter name, they are not closely related to the cods in the genus Gadus, nor the rock cod, Lotella rhacina.

<i>Sebastes</i> Genus of fishes

Sebastes is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treefish</span> Species of fish

The treefish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

<i>Sebastes inermis</i> Species of fish

Sebastes inermis, the Japanese red seaperch or dark-banded rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In Japan this species is known as Mebaru(メバル/鮴).

<i>Adelosebastes</i> Genus of fishes

Adelosebastes is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. The only species in this genus is Adelosebastes latens, the Aleutian scorpionfish. It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Hozukius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae within the family Scorpaenidae. They are native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

<i>Sebastes rufinanus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes rufinanus, the dwarf-red rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the Eastern Pacific, in tock habitats off islands in southern California.

<i>Sebastes glaucus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes glaucus, the gray rockfish or blue rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. This species is found in deep waters of the Northwest Pacific.

<i>Sebastes hubbsi</i> Species of fish

Sebastes hubbsi is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. This species is found in the Northwest Pacific. It grows to 15.6 cm (6.1 in) standard length.

<i>Sebastes joyneri</i> Species of fish

Sebastes joyneri, the Togot seaperch, offshore seaperch or joyner stingfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

<i>Sebastes ovalis</i> Species of fish

Sebastes ovalis, the speckled rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in deep rocky areas of the Eastern Pacific.

<i>Sebastes pachycephalus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes pachycephalus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in shallow rocky reefs of Northwest Pacific.

<i>Sebastes taczanowskii</i> Species of fish

Sebastes taczanowskii, the white-edged rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from northern Japan and far eastern Russia, it has also been reported from Korea. This species was first formally described in 1880 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with the type locality given as Northern Japan. The identity of the person honoutred in its specific name is not certain but is thought likely to be the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski, who possibly gave Steindachner the type which had been collected by another Polish zoologist, Benedykt Dybowski. Some authorities place this species in the subgenus Mebarus.This demersal fish is found in shallow waters near coasts and will enter estuaries and the juveniles live among floating seaweed. It is an ovoviviparous species. This species attains a maximum total length of 32 cm (13 in).

<i>Sebastes ventricosus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes ventricosus, the Japanese black seaperch or Japanese blueback seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In Japan this species is known as Mebaru(メバル/鮴).

<i>Sebastiscus albofasciatus</i> Species of fish

Sebastiscus albofasciatus, the yellowbarred red rockfish or yellowbarred stingfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

<i>Sebastiscus marmoratus</i> Species of fish

Sebastiscus marmoratus, the sea ruffe, false kelpfish or dusky stingfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the Western Pacific from southern Japan to the Philippines. It has also been sighted twice in Australia.

<i>Sebastes melanostictus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes melanostictus, the blackspotted rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

<i>Sebastes viviparus</i> Species of fish

Sebastes viviparus, the Norway redfish, small redfish, lesser redfish, Norway haddock, ocean perch or rosefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastini</span>

Sebastini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae of the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes.

<i>Sebastolobus macrochir</i> Species of fish

Sebastolobus macrochir, the broadbanded thornyhead or broadfin thorny head, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in deep waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ↑ Kendall Jr, Arthur W. (2000). "An historical review of Sebastes taxonomy and systematics" (PDF). Marine Fisheries Review. 62 (2): 1–23.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sebastidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 468–475. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ↑ Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162). doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . PMC   5501477 .
  5. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Sebastiscus in FishBase . August 2021 version.
  6. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sebastiscus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 Arthur W. Kendall Jr. (2000). "An Historical Review of Sebastes Taxonomy and Systematics" (PDF). Marine Fisheries Review. 62 (2).
  8. ↑ Bray, D.J. (2021). "Sebastiscus marmoratus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Haakon Hansen; Egil Karlsbak (2018). "Pacific false kelpfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus (Cuvier, 1829) (Scorpaeniformes, Sebastidae) found in Norwegian waters". BioInvasions Records. 7 (1): 73–78. doi: 10.3391/bir.2018.7.1.11 .
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