Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)

General data

Main name: Vermilion rockfish
Local names: Vermilion seaperch, Vermilion rockfish, Vermilion rockfish
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate, Subpolar
Habitat: Saltwater
Native: North America
Distribution: Planet Earth, Pacific Ocean

Classification

Genus: Sebastes - Rockfishes
Family: Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead
Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Sebastes miniatus, the vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, red rock cod, and rasher,[2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America from Baja California to Alaska. Description Sebastes miniatus has a rather stocky body shape with the depth of the body being equivalent to just under two fifths of its standard length. It has moderately robust to weak spines on its head, the nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines being always present, the nuchal spine usually being absent and the coronal spine never being present. The dorsal fin is continuous with a deep notch separating the spiny and soft rayed parts with the spiny part has a longer base than the soft rayed part with deep incisions on the membranes between the spines. There are 13 spines and 13 to 15 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 7 soft rays. The lower jaw is rough with large scales. It has deep caudal peduncle and the caudal fin has a slight fork. This species attains a maximum total length of 91 cm and a maximum published weight of 6.8 kg (15 lb). The color of this species varies from dark red to vermilion with gray or black spotting on the back and flanks. Smaller fishes may have a more mottled pattern than larger fishes. The mouth is red mouth and the red fins are frequently have black margins, again more typical in smaller fishes. Larger individuals show indistinct dark markings on the head and back. There are three indistinct yellow or orange stripes radiating from the eyes. The posterior two thirds of the lateral line has a silvery color. Distribution and habitat Sebastes miniatus occurs in the eastern Pacific from San Quintin, Baja California in Mexico north to to Prince William Sound in Alaska. It is found in and around rocky reefs at depth from 6 to 250 m (20 to 820 ft). Biology Sebastes miniatus may be found in aggregations, in small schools or pairs or even as solitary fish.It is thought that this species can be nomadic and move between reefs. The spines of the dorsal and anal fins have glands in them that can produce a mild venom which may cause painful wounds if they break the skin. The vermilion rockfish is, like other rockfishes, ovoviviparous, the females give birth to live young and are sexuall mature from 4-7 years of age and a length of about 35 cm (14 in). The females extrude the larvae from September to December. The largest females may hold up to 1,600,000 eggs, which hatch internally and the larvae are extruded. The larvae are translucent at first, spending several months offshore among the plankton feeding on zooplankton and gaining color. From the start of February they move inshore and settle. The adults feed almost exclusively on fishes, squid, octopuses and krill.

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->

Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)

General data

Classification

Description

Taxonomy of Fishes

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