Shortspine Thornyhead
Sebastolobus alascanus Bean, 1890
Also calledArasukakichiji (jpn) · Karmazynek alaskanski (pol) · chancharro alacrán (spa) · karmazynek alaskański (pol) · okouník krátkotrnný (ces) · sébastolobe à courtes épines (fra) · Аляскинский шипощек (морской ерш) (rus) · Аляскинский шипощёк (rus) · アラスカキチジ (jpn)
First described in: Bean, T. H. (1890). Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XI. New fishes collected off the coast of Alaska and the adjacent region southward. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 13 (795): 37-45.
The shortspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus), also known as the channel rockcod, shortspine channel rockfish or spinycheek rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes referred to as the "idiot fish" or "idiot cod" due to its oversized head and eyes. It is found in the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Shortspine Thornyhead. To 88.7 cm (34.9 in) TL (DFO). Northern Honshu Island, Japan (Tsuruoka et al. 2010) and Seas of Okhotsk and Japan to Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea off Kamchatka (Tokranov and Novikov 1997) to Navarin Canyon and Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Pacific off Boca de Santo Domingo (25 ° 32 ’ N, 113 ° 04 ’ W), southern Baja California (Snytko 1987); Costa Rica (Robertson et al. 2017). Benthic; depth: 17 – 1,524 m (56 – 5,000 ft) (min.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000; max.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shortspine thornyhead has a large head with a strong spiny ridge, and an elongate, tapering body which grows to a maximum length of 80 cm (31 in). The dorsal fin has 15 to 17 spines and 8 to 9 soft rays and the anal fin has 3 spines and 4 to 5 soft rays. There is a deep notch in the pectoral fin and the caudal fin is rounded. The general color of this fish is bright red with varying amounts of black on the fins and a pale-colored gill chamber.
Range & habitat
The shortspine thornyhead is found in the North Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Okhotsk north as far as the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea and from Stalemate Bank and Ulm Plateau in the Aleutian Islands east and south to Cedros Island in Baja California. It is a demersal fish with a depth range which is between 17 and 1,600 m (56 and 5,249 ft) but it is more usually found at depths less than 100 metres (330 ft).
At the table
Nutrition information for shortspine thornyhead is as follows.
== References ==
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Every page naming Sebastolobus alascanus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2335323.