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| Sebastes jordani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Sebastes |
| Species: | S. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Sebastes jordani (C. H. Gilbert, 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sebastichthys alutus Gilbert, 1896 Sebastodes alutus (Gilbert, 1890) | |
Sebastes jordani, or the Shortbelly Rockfish, is a bony fish within the familly Scorpaenidae, the rockfishes. It is found off the Pacific coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California.
Description
editS. jordani is a coppery olive-pink dorsally, grading into a silvery pink on its sides and whitish on its ventrum. Unique among rockfishes, its anus is located halfway between the base of its pelvic fins and the insertion of the anal fin. [2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sebastes jordani". FishBase. September 2024 version.
- ^ Orr, J. W.; Brown, M. A.; Baker, D. C. (1998). Guide to rockfishes (Scorpaenidae) of the genera Sebastes, Sebastolobus, and Adelosebastes of the Northeast Pacific Ocean. U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo. p. 10.