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Sebastes diaconus

Frable, Wagman, Frierson, Aguilar and Sidlauskas, 2015

Deacon Rockfish

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1259474

Element CodeAFC4A06720

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderPerciformes

FamilyScorpaenidae

GenusSebastes

Concept Reference

Frable, B.W., D.W. Wagman, T.N. Frierson, A. Aguilar, and B.L. Sidlauskas. 2015. A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881). Fishery Bulletin 113(4) 355-377.

Taxonomic Comments

Frable et al. (2015) redescribed Sebastes mystinus and described a new species, S. diaconus.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNR	Yes

CanadaNU

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	14,724

References (2)

Frable, B.W., D.W. Wagman, T.N. Frierson, A. Aguilar, and B.L. Sidlauskas. 2015. A new species of <i>Sebastes</i> (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, <i>S. mystinus</i> (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881). Fishery Bulletin 113(4) 355-377.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.