Sebastidae

brown rockfish

Sebastes auriculatus

Fifty Six Centimeters Sebastid Fish of Eastern Pacific

• Brown
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Large
• Temperate fish

The brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus), whose other names include brown seaperch, chocolate bass, brown bass and brown bomber, 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 northeastern Pacific Ocean.