Spiked head

Spiked head
	Spiked head ( Sebastes serriceps )
Systematics
	Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order :	Perch-like (Perciformes)
Subordination :	Scorpionfish relatives (Scorpaenoidei)
Family :	Spiny Heads (Sebastidae)
Genre :	Sebastes
Type :	Spiked head
Scientific name
	Sebastes serriceps
	Jordan & Gilbert , 1880

The spiked head ( Sebastes serriceps ) is a species of fish in the family of spiked heads (Sebastidae).

features

The spiked head is up to 41 cm long. It is olive on the top and yellowish on the underside. The clear olive-colored stripes running vertically on the sides are striking. These could be an indication of its poison, which can also be dangerous for humans and possibly lead to death. Its lips are pink in color and the anal fin is dark.

Distribution, habitat and way of life

This fish, native to the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, occurs at depths of up to 46 meters. Its diet consists mainly of bony fish , crabs and Caridea species, which it prey on in rocky reefs and kelp forests . In the course of its life its prey behavior changes. While younger and thus smaller specimens mainly eat satchel crabs, shrimps and crabs, larger specimens mainly hunt bony fish.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Sebastes serriceps spiked head. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
^ Jürgen Westhauser, WESO Software GmbH: Sebastes serriceps, Treefish (Sebastes serriceps) | Fish lexicon. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b 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, Second Edition . In: US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Ed.): NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS . second ed. AFSC-117, 47 p. NOAA Tech. Memo., August 2000, pp. 36 ( noaa.gov [PDF]).
↑ ELLEN T. KOSMAN, MADHAVI A. COLTON, AND RALPH J. LARSON: FEEDING PREFERENCES AND SIZE-RELATED DIETARY SHIFTS OF TREEFISH (SCORPAENIDAE: SEBASTES SERRICEPS) OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA . Ed .: Department of Biology San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132. San Francisco 2007 ( researchgate.net [PDF]).

[:1-1] Sebastes serriceps spiked head. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .

[2] Jürgen Westhauser, WESO Software GmbH: Sebastes serriceps, Treefish (Sebastes serriceps) | Fish lexicon. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .

[:0-3] 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, Second Edition . In: US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Ed.): NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS . second ed. AFSC-117, 47 p. NOAA Tech. Memo., August 2000, pp. 36 ( noaa.gov [PDF]).

[4] ELLEN T. KOSMAN, MADHAVI A. COLTON, AND RALPH J. LARSON: FEEDING PREFERENCES AND SIZE-RELATED DIETARY SHIFTS OF TREEFISH (SCORPAENIDAE: SEBASTES SERRICEPS) OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA . Ed .: Department of Biology San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132. San Francisco 2007 ( researchgate.net [PDF]).