Sebastes mystinus

Sebastes mystinus

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Sebastidae
Subfamilia: Sebastinae
Genus: Sebastes
Species: Sebastes mystinus

Name

Sebastes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)

• Syntypes: ANSP 12119 (1, missing); MNHN A-286 [ex USNM] (1); MSNG 8327 (1); MTD F 174 [ex USNM] (1); RMNH 11530 [ex USNM 26971] (1); USNM 26971 (1), 27031 (1), 27085 (3); ZMUC [ex USNM 27031] (1).

Type locality: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Etymology: The specific epithet mystinus was intended to mean “priest” (Jordan and Evermann, 1898).

Synonyms

• Sebastichthys mystinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
• Replacement name for Sebastodes melanops Ayres (not Girard)

Vernacular names

English: Blue Rockfish

References

• Frable, B.W., Wagman, D.W., Frierson, T.N., Aguilar, A. & Sidlauskas, B.L. 2015. A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881). Fishery Bulletin 113: 355–377. DOI: 10.7755/FB.113.4.1 Reference page. 
• Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1881. List of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United States, with a table showing the distribution of the species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3 (173) [v. for 1880]: 452–458. BHL Reference page.