Rougheye rockfish, one of the two species of Zalopyr
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Genus:
Sebastes
Subgenus:
Zalopyr
Zalopyr is a subgenus of the genus Sebastes.[1] The etymology derives from two Greek words: "zalos" meaning "surging" or "stormy," possibly referencing the turbulent habitat which it resides in. Pyr: meaning "fire," referring to the red color of S. aleutianus, one of its two species.[2] Its other species is S. melanostictus. They are typically found below 300 meters and reaching depths of at least 500 meters.[3]
^Froese, R. and D. Pauly (2023). "Sebastes (Zalopyr) Jordan & Evermann, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
^"Order PERCIFORMES (part 8): Suborder SCORPAENOIDEI: Families SEBASTIDAE, SETARCHIDAE and NEOSEBASTIDAE". The ETYFish Project. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
^Harris, Jeremy P.; Hutchinson, Charles; Wildes, Sharon (2019-08-30). "Using otolith morphometric analysis to improve species discrimination of blackspotted rockfish (Sebastes melanostictus) and rougheye rockfish (S. aleutianus)". Fishery Bulletin. 117 (3): 234–244. doi:10.7755/fb.117.3.10. ISSN 0090-0656. S2CID 203373269.
Zalopyr is a subgenus of the genus Sebastes. The etymology derives from two Greek words: "zalos" meaning "surging" or "stormy," possibly referencing the...
and the rougheye rockfish are currently classified within the subgenus Zalopyr. The specific name means of the Aleutian Islands, Kodiak Island used to...
melanops S. mystinus S. variabilis Takenokius Matsubara, 1943 S. oblongus Zalopyr Jordan & Evermann, 1898 S. aleutianus S. borealis S. matsubarae S. melanostictus...
270–310 m (890–1,020 ft). Some authorities place this species in the subgenus Zalopyr. The specific name borealis means "northern", an allusion which was not...
and both it and the rougheye rockfish are classified within the subgenus Zalopyr. The specific name, melanostictus , means “black spotted”. Sebastes melanostictus...