Biology:Sebastes flammeus

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Short description: Species of fish

Sebastes flammeus
Sebastes flammeus - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC06870.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. flammeus
Binomial name
Sebastes flammeus
(Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sebastodes flammeus Jordan & Starks, 1904

Sebastes flammeus is a species of fish in the rockfish family found in the northwest Pacific.

Taxonomy

Sebastes flammeus was first formally described in 1904 as Sebastodes flammeus by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with the type locality given as Misaki in Japan.[2] It has been suggested by some studies that this taxon is a junior synonym of S. iracundus.[3] authorities classify this species in the subgenus Acutomentum. The specific name flammeus means “flame red”.[4]

Distribution, habitat and biology

Sebastes flammeus is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off norther Japan. It is a bathydemersal fish with a depth range of 300 to 500 m (980 to 1,640 ft). It is an ovoviviparous fish which lives near the bottom.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2121219 entry