Treefish

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iTreefish
At Coronados Islands, Mexico
At Coronados Islands, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species: S. serriceps
Binomial name
Sebastes serriceps
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

The treefish (Sebastes serriceps) is a marine fish of the Sebastes genus.[1][2] It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean with a range from San Francisco, California to central Baja California, Mexico. It has been reported up to 41 cm, and usually occurs in crevices in rocky areas.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Sebastes serriceps". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  2. ^ Semicossyphus pulcher (TSN 170744). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
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