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Channeled Rockfish

Setarches guentheri

Classification

The channelled rockfish (Setarches guentheri), commonly known as the deepwater scorpionfish, is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Setarchinae, which is a part of the family Scorpaenidae. This species is found in various tropical and subtropical oceans and has a wide distribution. Taxonomy The channelled rockfish was first formally described in 1862 by the English zoologist James Yate Johnson with the type locality given as Madeira.

Distribution

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United States of America · 40Canada · 7Brazil · 4Mexico · 1Portugal · 1