Treefish | |
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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 centimetres (16 in), and usually occurs in crevices in rocky areas.[1]