Semaphore rockfish  (Sebastes melanosema)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->

      • Cottidae - Cottids->
      • Scorpaenidae - Scorpionfishes->
      • Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead->

        • Sebastes - Rockfishes->

          • Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger)
          • Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii)
          • Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger)
          • Treefish (Sebastes serriceps)
          • False kelpfish (Sebastes marmoratus)
          • Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)
          • Brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)
          • Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)
          • Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
          • Flag rockfish (Sebastes rubrivinctus)
          • Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
          • Black-and-yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas)
          • Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)
          • Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops)
          • Honeycomb rockfish (Sebastes umbrosus)
          • Halfbanded Rockfish (Sebastes semicinctus)
          • Goldeye rockfish (Sebastes thompsoni)
          • Brassblotched Rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)
          • Japanese Red Rockfish (Sebastes inermis)
          • Yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)
          • Grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger)
          • Japanese White Seaperch (Sebastes cheni)
          • Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)
          • Deacon rockfish (Sebastes diaconus)
          • Rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus)
          • Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)
          • Kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
          • Aurora rockfish (Sebastes aurora)
          • Redbanded rockfish (Sebastes babcocki)
          • Sebastes baramenuke (Sebastes baramenuke)
          • Shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis)
          • Silvergray rockfish (Sebastes brevispinis)
          • Cape redfish (Sebastes capensis)
          • Gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)
          • Greenspotted rockfish (Sebastes chlorostictus)
          • Dusky rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus)
          • Starry rockfish (Sebastes constellatus)
          • Cortez rockfish (Sebastes cortezi)
          • Darkblotched rockfish (Sebastes crameri)
          • Calico rockfish (Sebastes dallii)
          • Splitnose rockfish (Sebastes diploproa)
          • Greenstriped rockfish (Sebastes elongatus)
          • Swordspine rockfish (Sebastes ensifer)
          • Widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas)
          • Pink rockfish (Sebastes eos)
          • Buccaneer rockfish (Sebastes exsul)
          • Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)
          • Sebastes flammeus (Sebastes flammeus)
          • Bronzespotted rockfish (Sebastes gilli)
          • Gray rockfish (Sebastes glaucus)
          • Chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei)
          • Rosethorn rockfish (Sebastes helvomaculatus)
          • Squarespot rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi)
          • Sebastes hubbsi (Sebastes hubbsi)
          • Sebastes ijimae (Sebastes ijimae)
          • Sebastes iracundus (Sebastes iracundus)
          • Sebastes itinus (Sebastes itinus)
          • Shortbelly rockfish (Sebastes jordani)
          • Sebastes joyneri (Sebastes joyneri)
          • Sebastes kiyomatsui (Sebastes kiyomatsui)
          • Sebastes koreanus (Sebastes koreanus)
          • Freckled rockfish (Sebastes lentiginosus)
          • Cowcod (Sebastes levis)
          • Sebastes longispinis (Sebastes longispinis)
          • Mexican rockfish (Sebastes macdonaldi)
          • Sebastes matsubarai (Sebastes matsubarai)
          • Semaphore rockfish (Sebastes melanosema)
          • Blackspotted rockfish (Sebastes melanostictus)
          • Blackgill rockfish (Sebastes melanostomus)
          • Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella)
          • Sebastes minor (Sebastes minor)
          • Whitespeckled rockfish (Sebastes moseri)
          • China rockfish (Sebastes nebulosus)
          • Sebastes nivosus (Sebastes nivosus)
          • Guadalupe rockfish (Sebastes notius)
          • Sebastes nudus (Sebastes nudus)
          • Sebastes oblongus (Sebastes oblongus)
          • Patagonian redfish (Sebastes oculatus)
          • Speckled rockfish (Sebastes ovalis)
          • Sebastes owstoni (Sebastes owstoni)
          • Bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis)
          • Gulf rockfish (Sebastes peduncularis)
          • Chameleon rockfish (Sebastes phillipsi)
          • Northern rockfish (Sebastes polyspinis)
          • Redstripe rockfish (Sebastes proriger)
          • Yellowmouth rockfish (Sebastes reedi)
          • Rosy rockfish (Sebastes rosaceus)
          • Greenblotched rockfish (Sebastes rosenblatti)
          • Yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)
          • Dwarf-red rockfish (Sebastes rufinanus)
          • Bank rockfish (Sebastes rufus)
          • Stripetail rockfish (Sebastes saxicola)
          • Sebastes scythropus (Sebastes scythropus)
          • Olive rockfish (Sebastes serranoides)
          • Pinkrose rockfish (Sebastes simulator)
          • Blackmouth rockfish (Sebastes sinensis)
          • Spinyeye rockfish (Sebastes spinorbis)
          • Sebastes steindachneri (Sebastes steindachneri)
          • Sebastes taczanowskii (Sebastes taczanowskii)
          • Sebastes trivittatus (Sebastes trivittatus)
          • Light dusky rockfish (Sebastes variabilis)
          • Harlequin rockfish (Sebastes variegatus)
          • Hidden rockfish (Sebastes varispinis)
          • Sebastes ventricosus (Sebastes ventricosus)
          • Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)
          • Fox jacopever (Sebastes vulpes)
          • Sebastes wakiyai (Sebastes wakiyai)
          • Pygmy rockfish (Sebastes wilsoni)
          • Sharpchin rockfish (Sebastes zacentrus)
          • Sebastes zonatus (Sebastes zonatus)
        • Adelosebastes - Adelosebastes->
        • Helicolenus - Helicolenus->
        • Hozukius - Hozukius->
        • Sebastolobus - Sebastolobus->
        • Trachyscorpia - Trachyscorpia->
      • Anarhichadidae - Wolffishes->
      • Hexagrammidae - Greenlings->
      • Comephoridae - Baikal oilfishes->
      • Platycephalidae - Flatheads->
      • Liparidae - Snailfishes->
      • Triglidae - Gurnards->
      • Pholidae - Gunnels->
      • Cyclopteridae - Lumpfishes->
      • Zoarcidae - Eelpout->
      • Stichaeidae - Pricklebacks->
      • Scorpaenichthyidae - Scorpaenichthyidae->
      • Abyssocottidae - Deep-water sculpins->
      • Agonidae - Poachers->
      • Anoplopomatidae - Sablefishes->
      • Apistidae - Wasp scorpionfishes->
      • Aploactinidae - Velvetfishes->
      • Bathylutichthyidae - Antarctic sculpins->
      • Bathymasteridae - Ronquils->
      • Bembridae - Deepwater flatheads->
      • Caracanthidae - Orbicular velvetfishes->
      • Congiopodidae - Racehorses or pigfishes->
      • Cottocomephoridae - Bighead sculpins->
      • Cryptacanthodidae - Wrymouths->
      • Ereuniidae - Deepwater bullhead sculpins->
      • Eschmeyeridae - Cofishes->
      • Eulophiidae - Spinous fin eelpouts->
      • Gnathanacanthidae - Red velvetfish->
      • Hemitripteridae - Sea ravens or sailfin sculpins->
      • Hoplichthyidae - Ghost flatheads->
      • Jordaniidae - Longfin sculpins->
      • Lumpenidae - Eel pricklebacks->
      • Neosebastidae - Gurnard scorpionfishes->
      • Neozoarcidae - Largemouth kissing eelpouts->
      • Normanichthyidae - Barehead scorpionfishes->
      • Opisthocentridae - Rearspined fin pricklebacks->
      • Parabembridae - Sprat-like flatheads->
      • Pataecidae - Australian prowfishes->
      • Peristediidae - Armored searobins or armored gurnards->
      • Perryenidae - Whitenose pigfishes->
      • Plectrogeniidae - Stinger flatheads->
      • Psychrolutidae - Fatheads->
      • Ptilichthyidae - Quillfish->
      • Rhamphocottidae - Grunt sculpins->
      • Scytalinidae - Graveldivers->
      • Setarchidae - Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes->
      • Synanceiidae - Stonefishes->
      • Tetrarogidae - Wasp fishes->
      • Zanclorhynchidae - Horsefishes->
      • Zaniolepididae - Combfishes->
      • Zaproridae - Prowfish->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->