Sebastes
Rockfishes
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2026-08-05: itis_id 166705 via WoRMS external link
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.W CalCOFI holds 30,975 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 39 taxa under it.R
- 30,975
- observations
- 30,975
- records
- 18,574
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 38
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Sebastes crocotulus Sunset rockfish · code
3023synonymname used: Sebastes Rockfishes · code683
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126175")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126175'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 38 taxa · Sebastes jordani most observed
- sp Sebastes jordani Shortbelly rockfish3,559
- sp Sebastes paucispinis Bocaccio2,707
- sp Sebastes diploproa Splitnose rockfish1,942
- sp Sebastes aurora Aurora rockfish1,060
- sp Sebastes goodei Chilipepper926
- sp Sebastes levis Cow rockfish (cowcod)434
- sp Sebastes macdonaldi Mexican rockfish396
- sp Sebastes hopkinsi Squarespot rockfish252
- sp Sebastes wilsoni Pygmy rockfish142
- sp Sebastes rufus Bank rockfish128
- sp Sebastes saxicola Stripetail rockfish123
- sp Sebastes ensifer Swordspine rockfish103
- sp Sebastes ovalis Speckled rockfish83
- sp Sebastes moseri Whitespotted rockfish71
- sp Sebastes mystinus Blue rockfish63
- sp Sebastes semicinctus Halfbanded rockfish63
- sp Sebastes serranoides Olive rockfish55
- sp Sebastes caurinus Copper rockfish39
- sp Sebastes entomelas Widow rockfish39
- sp Sebastes melanostomus Blackgill rockfish39
- sp Sebastes miniatus Vermilion rockfish34
- sp Sebastes rufinanus Dwarf-red rockfish33
- sp Sebastes elongatus Greenstriped rockfish32
- sp Sebastes rosaceus Rosy rockfish22
- sp Sebastes simulator Pinkrose rockfish9
- sp Sebastes flavidus Yellowtail rockfish8
- sp Sebastes rastrelliger Grass rockfish6
- sp Sebastes helvomaculatus Rosethorn rockfish5
- sp Sebastes rosenblatti Greenblotched rockfish5
- sp Sebastes auriculatus Brown rockfish4
8 more, fewer observations each
- sp Sebastes dallii Calico rockfish4
- sp Sebastes gilli Bronzespotted rockfish4
- sp Sebastes constellatus Starry rockfish3
- sp Sebastes ruberrimus Yelloweye rockfish3
- sp Sebastes rubrivinctus Flag rockfish2
- sp Sebastes chlorostictus Greenspotted rockfish1
- sp Sebastes crameri Darkblotched rockfish1
- sp Sebastes phillipsi Chameleon rockfish1
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 13 ranks · Biota to Sebastinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Harold Eyster · CC BY 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sebastes melanops · source
- Photo · Chad King (SIMoN / MBNMS) · Public domain · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Sebastes” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1362679737
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗