Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Sebastidae Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads
Subfamily: Sebastolobinae
Genus: Sebastolobus

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3 species (see list below)
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Photo by Love, M.

North Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm SL
Sebastolobus alascanus Bean, 1890

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Sebastolobus alascanus
[Shortspine thornyhead]

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Sebastolobus altivelis Gilbert, 1896

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Sebastolobus altivelis
[Longspine thornyhead]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 44 cm SL
Sebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877)

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Sebastolobus macrochir
[Broadbanded thornyhead]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Sebastolobus alascanus Shortspine thornyhead North Pacific 80 SL 1890
Sebastolobus altivelis Longspine thornyhead Eastern Pacific 39 TL 1896
Sebastolobus macrochir Broadbanded thornyhead North Pacific 44 SL 1877



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