Sebastinae
| Sebastinae | |
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Sebastes carnatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Sebastinae Kaup, 1873 |
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Sebastinae is a subfamily of marine fish belonging to the
Lotella rhacina
.
Taxonomy
Sebastinae, or Sebastidae, was first formally recognised as a grouping in 1873 by the German
finfish database generated by a consortium of academic institutions, does,[2] but the United States Federal government's Integrated Taxonomic Information System[3] and the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World do not, FotW classify it as a subfamily of the Scorpaenidae.[4]
Tribes and genera
Sebastinae is divided into two
- Tribe Sebastini Kaup, 1873
- Helicolenus Goode & Bean, 1896
- Hozukius Matsubara, 1934
- Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
- Sebastiscus Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Tribe Sebastolobini Matsubara, 1943
- Adelosebastes Eschmeyer, T. Abe & Nakano, 1979
- Sebastolobus Gill, 1881
- Trachyscorpia Ginsburg, 1953
Characteristics
Sebastinae species have a compressed body with the head typically having ridges and spines. The gill membranes are not attached to the isthmus. There is a venom gland in the spines of the
total length of 108 cm (43 in) while the smallest species is Sebastes koreanus which reaches a maximum total length of 13.7 cm (5.4 in).[2]
Distribution and habitat
Sebastinae rockfishes are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans with most species in the largest genus, the
ovoviviparous Sebastes with over 100 species, in the North Pacific. They can be found in marine and brackish waters.[2]
References
- PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Sebastidae" in FishBase. April 2021 version.
- ^ "Sebastes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2006.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sebastidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2021.