Sebastes mystinus Blue rockfish

Sebastes mystinus is commonly referred to as Blue rockfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 13048
AphiaID:: 274823

Scientific:: Sebastes mystinus
German:: Blauer Stachelkopf
English:: Blue Rockfish

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Sebastidae (Family) > Sebastes (Genus) > mystinus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Jordan & Gilbert, ), 1881

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 550 Meter
Size:: 21.65" - 24.02" (55cm - 61cm)
Weight:: 3.8 kg
Temperature:: 0,8 °F - 7,9 °F (0,8°C - 7,9°C)
Food:: Jellyfish, omnivore, Plankton, Sepia, Snails
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Sebastes aleutianus
Sebastes alutus
Sebastes atrovirens
Kelp Stachelkopf
Sebastes auriculatus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes aurora
Sebastes babcocki
Sebastes baramenuke
Sebastes borealis
Sebastes brevispinis
Sebastes capensis
Kap-Stachelkopf, Kap-Barsch, Rotbarsch
Sebastes carnatus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes caurinus
Kupfer-Felsenbarsch
Sebastes chlorostictus
Grüngefleckte Klippenbarsch, Grüngefleckte Stachelkopf, Grüngefleckter Felsenbarsch
Sebastes chrysomelas
Schwarz-Gelber Stachelkopf
Sebastes ciliatus
Sebastes constellatus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes cortezi
Sebastes crameri
Sebastes dallii
Stachelkopf
Sebastes diploproa
Sebastes elongatus
Sebastes emphaeus
Sebastes ensifer
Sebastes entomelas
Sebastes eos
Sebastes exsul
Sebastes fasciatus
Sebastes flammeus
Sebastes flavidus
Gelbschwanz-Klippenbarsch, Gelbschwanz-Seebarsch
Sebastes gilli
Sebastes glaucus
Sebastes goodei
Sebastes helvomaculatus
Sebastes hopkinsi
Sebastes hubbsi
Sebastes ijimae
Sebastes inermis
Sebastes iracundus
Sebastes itinus
Sebastes jordani
Sebastes joyneri
Sebastes kiyomatsui
Sebastes koreanus
Sebastes lentiginosus
Sebastes levis
Sebastes longispinis
Sebastes macdonaldi
Sebastes maliger
Quillback Klippenbarsch, Stachelrücken-Klippenbarsch
Sebastes matsubarai
Sebastes melanops
Schwarzer Felsenbarsch
Sebastes melanosema
Sebastes melanostictus
Sebastes melanostomus
Sebastes mentella
Sebastes miniatus
Zinnoberroter Rockfish, Zinnoberroter Stachelkopt
Sebastes minor
Sebastes moseri
Sebastes mystinus
Blauer Stachelkopf
Sebastes nebulosus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes nigrocinctus
Tiger-Stachelkopf
Sebastes nivosus
Sebastes norvegicus
Sebastes notius
Sebastes nudus
Sebastes oblongus
Sebastes oculatus
Sebastes ovalis
Sebastes owstoni
Sebastes pachycephalus
Sebastes paucispinis
Bocaccio-Klippenbarsch
Sebastes peduncularis
Sebastes phillipsi
Sebastes pinniger
Stachelkopf
Sebastes polyspinis
Sebastes proriger
Sebastes rastrelliger
Sebastes reedi
Sebastes rosaceus
Rose-Stachelkopf
Sebastes rosenblatti
Sebastes ruberrimus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes rubrivinctus
Fahnen-Stachelkopf
Sebastes rufinanus
Sebastes rufus
Sebastes saxicola
Stachelkopf, Streifenbarsch, Drachenkopf, Felsenbarsch
Sebastes schlegelii
Sebastes scythropus
Sebastes semicínctus
Stachelkopf
Sebastes serranoides
Oliven-Klippenbarsch, Oliven-Felsenbarsch
Sebastes serriceps
Stachelkopf
Sebastes simulator
Sebastes sinensis
Sebastes spinorbis
Sebastes steindachneri
Sebastes taczanowskii
Sebastes thompsoni
Sebastes trivittatus
Sebastes umbrosus
Sebastes variabilis
Sebastes variegatus
Sebastes varispinis
Sebastes ventricosus
Sebastes viviparus
Sebastes vulpes
Sebastes wakiyai
Sebastes wilsoni
Sebastes zacentrus
Sebastes zonatus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-05-28 20:28:59
Last edit:: 2023-11-02 13:07:27

Info

Sebastes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)

Blue rockfish have a relatively smooth and oval appearance compared to other members of Sebastes, with very few head spines. Color is a bluish black to gray, with some darker mottling, including a pair of stripes angling down and back from the eye.

Synonymised names:
Sebastes (Sebastosomus) mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)· accepted, alternate representation
Sebastichthys mystinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
Sebastodes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)