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Blue-mouth

Helicolenus dactylopterus

Classification

Helicolenus dactylopterus, blackbelly rosefish, bluemouth rockfish, and bluemouth seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae which is classified within the family Scorpaenidae. This Atlantic species is a typical sit-and-wait predator with a highly cryptic coloration. Taxonomy Helicolenus dactylopterus Was first formally described in 1809 as Scorpaena dactyloptera by the Genevan naturalist François-Étienne de La Roche with the type locality given as Ibiza in the Balearic Islands.

Distribution

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