Sebastidae

copper rockfish

Sebastes caurinus

Fifty Eight Centimeters Sebastid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

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.