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Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Scientific name: Sebastes melanops

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 (Sebastosomus)

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

Note the white band along the lateral line.

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Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
Sebastes melanops (Black Rockfish)
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