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WoRMS name details

Sebastes marinus (non Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

127253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127253)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misapplication (Perca marina Linnaeus, 1758 is a Serranidae.)

Accepted name

Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius, 1772)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sebastes Cuvier, 1829

Original name

Perca marina Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Sebastes marinus viviparus Krøyer, 1844 accepted as Sebastes viviparus Krøyer, 1845

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Perca marina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: Greenland and southeastern Labrador in Canada to New Jersey

Distribution Western Atlantic: Greenland and southeastern Labrador in Canada to New Jersey [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sebastes marinus (non Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127253 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2010-10-15 12:49:20Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-09-18 02:00:05Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-05-05 14:47:10Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Perca marina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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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]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 290 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Feed mostly on euphausiids in summer; herrings in autumn and winter; capelins, herrings, euphausiids and ctenophores in spring [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Greenland and southeastern Labrador in Canada to New Jersey [details]

Habitat Found off the coast from 100-1000 m; juveniles found in fjords, bays and inshore waters. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Highly Commercial fishery [details]

Reproduction Ovoviviparous, copulation takes place in late summer or early autumn; in winter females give birth to 50,000-350,000 pelagic larvae of 8 mm length [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	stor rødfisk	[details]
Dutch	roodbaars	[details]
English	rose-fishredfishred perchocean perchgolden redfish	[details]
Finnish	iso kuninkaankala	[details]
French	rascassegrand sébaste	[details]
German	RotbarschIsland Rotbarschgrosser Rotbarsch	[details]
Icelandic	stóri karfikarfi	[details]
Kalaallisut	sulupâgaq	[details]
Norwegian	uer	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	vanlig uer	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	vanlig uer	[details]
Polish	karmazyn	[details]
Russian	morskoi okun'	[details]
Swedish	större kungfiskrödfisk	[details]
Welsh	pysgodyn coch	[details]