Sebastolobus
Sebastolobus is a genus of rockfishes native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. These fish are generally found in deep waters.
| Sebastolobus | |
|---|---|
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| Longspine thornyhead (S. altivelis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Sebastidae |
| Genus: | Sebastolobus T. N. Gill, 1881 |
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sebastolobus alascanus T. H. Bean, 1890 | Shortspine thornyhead | Pacific Ocean and is known from Canada, Alaska and the Russian Federation. |
 | Sebastolobus altivelis C. H. Gilbert, 1896 | Longspine thornyhead | Pacific Ocean and is found from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska to southern Baja California, Mexico. |
 | Sebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877) | Broadbanded thornyhead | Sagami Bay, Japan to the southern Kuril Islands and off Sakhalin, Russia |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sebastolobus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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