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pygmy rockfish

Sebastes wilsoni

Classification

The pygmy rockfish (Sebastes wilsoni), also known as the slender rockfish or Wilson's 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 Ocean. Taxonomy The pygmy rockfish was first formally described as Sebastodes wilsoni in 1915 by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert with the type locality given as Albatross station 4518 at a depth of 66-140 fathoms off Monterey, California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 1,166United States of America · 1,121