Rockfish Gallery

Sebastes norvegicus, or Rose Fish

Sebastes norvegicus, or Rose Fish, a species of rockfish, also known as Norway Haddock, Ocean Perch, Atlantic Redfish, Red Perch, Red Bream and Golden Redfish. Also (misleadingly) known as bergylt, bream and snapper. Date: 1863

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Blackfoot firefish (Parapterois heterura)

Blackfoot firefish (Parapterois heterura), Found in Asian-Pacific waters, Bali, Indonesia and north, this scorpionfish sometimes partly buries itself in sand or mud and has fan-like, non-filamentous pectoral fins that it uses to corner prey, or to startle a predator. Anilao, Manila, Philippines

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Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) hides on the sebed, with Quillback rockfish

Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) hides on the sebed, with Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) and copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) behind in the bull kelp forest. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean

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