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Sebastidae 
AphiaID: 125596

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Scorpaeniformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads  [details]
Swedish kungsfiskar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Sebastinae
  » Genus Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896
» Genus Hozukius
» Genus Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Sebastiscus Jordan & Starks, 1904
» Genus Acutomentum accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Pteropodus accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Sebastichthys Gill, 1862 accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Sebasticus accepted as Sebastiscus Jordan & Starks, 1904
» Genus Sebastodes accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Sebastosomus Gill, 1864 accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Sebastostomus accepted as Sebastosomus Gill, 1864 accepted as Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
Subfamily Sebastolobinae
  » Genus Adelosebastes Eschmeyer, Abe & Nakano, 1979
» Genus Sebastolobus
» Genus Trachyscorpia Ginsburg, 1953
» Genus Sebastosemus accepted as Neosebastes
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125596
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Sebastidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125596 on 2013-05-19
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