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Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara, 1934)

Blackspotted rockfish
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Alaska country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea to 60.5°N.
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National Fisheries Authority: http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/adfghome.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Orr, J.W. and S. Hawkins, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastes: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335);  melanostictus: Greek, melas = black + Greek, stiktos = spotted or dappled; alluding to the spotted body coloration (Ref.87139)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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