Classification (after Nelson, 1994)

Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Division Teleostei (modern bony fishes)
Subdivision Euteleostei ('true' modern bony fishes)
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Series Percomorpha
Order Scorpaeniformes
Suborder Scorpaenoidei
Family Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes and rockfishes)
Subfamily Sebastinae (rockfishes and rockcods)
Genus Sebastes (= Sebastodes; rockfishes, redfishes)
(other Genera: Helicolenus, Sebasticus, Hozukius)

The genus Sebastes Cuvier, 1829, includes 103 species, almost all of them occurring in the North Pacific (Nelson, 1994). Four Sebastes species occur in the North Atlantic (Whitehead et al., 1986). These are:

  • Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1856 = Sebastes marinus (non Linnaeus) Ryder, 1887 = Sebastes mentella (non Travin) Freund, 1961; subspecies Sebastes fasciatus fasciatus and Sebastes fasciatus kellyi Litvinenko, 1974
    • common names: rosefish, Acadian redfish

Sebastes fasciatus
  • Sebastes marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius, 1772) = Sebastes marinus marinus Andriashev, 1954
    • common names: golden redfish, redfish

Sebastes marinus
  • Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951 = Sebastes marinus (non Linnaeus) Ginsburg, 1953 = Sebastes marinus mentella Andriashev, 1954
    • common names: deep-water redfish, ocean perch

Sebastes mentella
  • Sebastes viviparus Krøyer, 1845 = Sebastes marinus (non Linnaeus) White, 1851 = Sebastes marinus viviparus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882
    • common names: small redfish, Norway haddock

Sebastes viviparus

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