Black Rockfish
Sebastes melanops
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 658
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes misidentified as the "red snapper".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black rockfish”.