Sebastidae

black rockfish

Sebastes melanops

Sixty Three Centimeters Sebastid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

• Black
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

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".