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Family: Sebastidae Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads
Subfamily: Sebastolobinae


(See list of species below)



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11 species
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Photo by Amaoka, K.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Adelosebastes latens Eschmeyer, Abe & Nakano, 1979

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Adelosebastes latens
[]

Photo by Love, M.

North Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm SL
Sebastolobus alascanus Bean, 1890

Photo by Photo by Love, M.
 
Sebastolobus alascanus
[Shortspine thornyhead]

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Sebastolobus altivelis Gilbert, 1896

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Sebastolobus altivelis
[Longspine thornyhead]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 44 cm SL
Sebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877)

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Sebastolobus macrochir
[Broadbanded thornyhead]
No picture found

Max. Length 36.9 cm SL

 
Trachyscorpia carnomagula
[Deepsea Scorpionfish]

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)

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Trachyscorpia cristulata
[Atlantic thornyhead]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 56.9 cm TL
Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896)

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Trachyscorpia echinata
[Spiny scorpionfish]

Photo by Yau, B.

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970

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Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri
[Cape rockfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 21.9 cm SL

 
Trachyscorpia longipedicula
[Stylish Scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.7 cm SL

 
Trachyscorpia osheri
[]

Photo by Béarez, P.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 29.8 cm SL
Trachyscorpia verai Béarez & Motomura, 2009

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Trachyscorpia verai
[Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Adelosebastes latens Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1979
Sebastolobus alascanus Shortspine thornyhead North Pacific 80 SL 1890
Sebastolobus altivelis Longspine thornyhead Eastern Pacific 39 TL 1896
Sebastolobus macrochir Broadbanded thornyhead North Pacific 44 SL 1877
Trachyscorpia carnomagula Deepsea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 36.9 SL 2007
Trachyscorpia cristulata Atlantic thornyhead Western Atlantic 50 SL 1896
Trachyscorpia echinata Spiny scorpionfish Eastern Atlantic 56.9 TL 1896
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Cape rockfish Southeast Atlantic 35 SL 1970
Trachyscorpia longipedicula Stylish Scorpionfish Indian Ocean 21.9 SL 2007
Trachyscorpia osheri Southeast Pacific 14.7 SL 2008
Trachyscorpia verai Ecuadorian Deep-sea Scorpionfish Pacific Ocean 29.8 SL 2009



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