Spiked heads

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Spiked heads
Sebastes carnatus

Sebastes carnatus

Systematics
Acanthomorphata
Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order : Perch-like (Perciformes)
Subordination : Scorpionfish relatives (Scorpaenoidei)
Family : Spiked heads
Scientific name
Sebastidae
Kaup , 1873

The barbed heads or rock perch (Sebastidae) are a family of perch-like (Perciformes) consisting of over 130 species in seven genera . The animals live in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific . In total, the family comprises over 130 species, 110 of which belong to the genus Sebastes , including the redfish ( Sebastes norvegicus ). This well-known food fish lives in the cold North Atlantic from Labrador via Greenland to the southern part of the Barents Sea , becomes 1 meter long and weighs a maximum of 15 kg. Most of the species of the genus Sebastes live in the North Pacific.

features

Spiked heads are 13.5 to 108 cm long and have a stocky, laterally flattened trunk. The head is usually covered with bony combs and spines, the gill cover is sawn, similar to that of the saw perch (Serranidae).

Barbed heads are usually viviparous .

Systematics

Subfamily Sebastinae

The subfamily Sebastinae consists of 4 genera and 125 species. Characteristic features are their rounded pectoral fins.

Subfamily Sebastolobinae

The subfamily Sebastolobinae consists of 3 genera and 9 species. Characteristic features are their bilobed pectoral fins.

literature

  • Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
  • James Wilder Orr, Michael A. Brown, and David C. Baker: Guide to Rockfishes (Scorpaenidae) of the Genera Sebastes, Sebastolobus, and Adelosebastes of the Northeast Pacific Ocean PDF

Individual evidence

  1. Subfamily Sebastinae on Fishbase.org (English)
  2. a b Philippe Béarez & Hiroyuki Motomura: Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 2277: 61-68 (2009), PDF
  3. Subfamily Sebastolobinae on Fishbase.org (English)

Web links

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