Tiger rockfish
(Sebastes nigrocinctus)

Classification

Species: Sebastes nigrocinctus
Genus: Sebastes - Rockfishes
Family: Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead
Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Tiger rockfish
Local names: Tiger seaperch, Banded rockfish
Habitat: Saltwater
Climates: Temperate, Subpolar
Native to coast of: North America
Distribution: Gulf of Alaska, Pacific Ocean

The tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus), also called tiger seaperch, banded rockfish and black-banded rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America.

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