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Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Scientific name: Sebastes atrovirens

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Perciformes → Family Sebastidae → Subfamily Sebastinae → Genus Sebastes → Subgenus Sebastes (Pteropodus)

Common name: Kelp Rockfish
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishRockfishes

Juveniles have a Y-shaped stripe on the rear part of their side. Subadults are more pinkish, and not striped.

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Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
Sebastes atrovirens (Kelp Rockfish)
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