Sebastidae

Korean rockfish

Sebastes schlegelii

Sebastid Fish beneath Chinese Seas

• Black
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Sebastes schlegelii, also known as the Schlegel’s seaperch, Korean rockfish, northern black seaperch, black rockfish, and woo-reok (우럭) in Korean, is a predatory species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae It is found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.