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Sebastes brevispinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Genus:	Sebastes
Species:	S. brevispinis
Binomial name
Sebastes brevispinis (Bean, 1884)

Sebastes brevispinis, or the silvergray rockfish, is a bony fish within the family Scorpaenidae, the rockfishes. It is found off the Pacific coast of North America from the Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Baja California.

Taxonomy

S. brevispinis was first described by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1884 as Sebastes brevispinis. It is named brevispinis (brevis = short, spinis = spine) for its short anal spines with regard to its body size.

Description

S. brevispinis is a dark charcoal gray dorsally, grading into metallic silver on its sides and a coral pink on its ventrum. the lower portions of their pectoral, anal, and pectoral fins are washed with a pinkish-orange hue. They have a long, projecting lower jaw that extends past their upper jaw.

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N. Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the Genus Sebastes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
2. 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.

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