Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,613
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), also known as the copper seaperch, chucklehead, or white belly rockfish, 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 eastern Pacific.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Copper rockfish”.