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Sebastiscus
Sebastiscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae. These fishes are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are collectively called sea ruffes and resemble the rockfishes in the genus Sebastes, but are usually smaller and have a different pattern.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
False Kelpfish
speciesSebastiscus marmoratus
Sebastiscus albofasciatus
speciesSebastiscus albofasciatus
Sebastiscus tertius
speciesSebastiscus tertius
Sebastiscus vibrantus
speciesSebastiscus vibrantus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91980.