Sebastolobus

Sebastolobus
Longspine thornyhead (S. altivelis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Sebastolobinae
Genus: Sebastolobus
T. N. Gill, 1881
Type species
Sebastes macrochir
Günther, 1877

Sebastolobus, the thornyheads, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. These fishes are native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. They are generally found in deep waters.

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