Sebastiscus albofasciatus
| Sebastiscus albofasciatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Sebastiscus |
| Species: | S. albofasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sebastiscus albofasciatus (Lacépède, 1802)
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Sebastiscus albofasciatus, the yellowbarred red rockfish or yellowbarred stingfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
[edit]Sebastiscus albofasciatus was first formally described as Holocentrus albofasciatus in 1802 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède with the type locality given as China.[2] The specific name albofasciatus means "white banded", Lacépède described the species from an illustration which showed it had a white band at the base of the caudal fin, this is pink and golden in living specimens.[3]
Description
[edit]Sebastiscus albofasciatus has 12 spines and 12-13 soft rays in its dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 5 soft rays. The pectoral fin has between 16 and 18 soft rays, typically 17. Identified from S, marmoratus in the pectoral fin normally having 17 rays and by a sharp spine on the upper edge of the second introrbital bone. The overall colour is yellowish-red.[4] In live fish there is a pink and gold band at the base of the caudal fin.[3] This species attains a maximum total length of 25 cm (9.8 in).[1]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Sebastiscus albofasciatus is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it occurs in the East China Sea, South China Sea, including Hong Kong, and from southern Japan to eastern Korea.[1] This is a demersal fish found on rocky bottoms,[4] at depths of 30 to 200 m (98 to 656 ft),[1] at greater depths than S. marmoratus.[4]
Biology
[edit]Sebastiscus albofasciatus is ovoviviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sebastiscus albofasciatus". FishBase. August 2021 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sebastiscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 May 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 8): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Sebastidae, Setarchidae and Neosebastidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sebastiscus albofasciatus". Taiwan Fish database. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
External links
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Media related to Sebastiscus albofasciatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sebastiscus albofasciatus at Wikispecies
