grass rockfish
Sebastes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Sebastes rastrelliger, the grass 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 eastern Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Sebastes rastrelliger; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:28.340318+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sebastes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
- Name authority
- (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
- Common name
- grass rockfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Sebastidae
- Genus
- Sebastes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familySebastidae Kaup, 1873
- subfamilySebastinae Kaup, 1873
- genusSebastes Cuvier, 1829
- speciesSebastes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sebastes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| rougheye rockfishSebastes aleutianus (Jordan & Evermann, 1898) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| brown rockfishSebastes auriculatus Girard, 1854 | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| aurora rockfishSebastes aurora (Gilbert, 1890) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redbanded rockfishSebastes babcocki (Thompson, 1915) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brickred rockfishSebastes baramenuke (Wakiya, 1917) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| copper rockfishSebastes caurinus Richardson, 1844 | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black-and-yellow rockfishSebastes chrysomelas (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky rockfishSebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| calico rockfishSebastes dallii (Eigenmann & Beeson, 1894) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sebastes diaconus Frable, Wagman, Frierson, Aguilar & Sidlauskas, 2015 | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| splitnose rockfishSebastes diploproa (Gilbert, 1890) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| puget sound rockfishSebastes emphaeus (Starks, 1911) | SebastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sebastichthys rastrelliger Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | synonym |
| Sebastodes rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | synonym |
| Sebastes (Pteropodus) rastrelliger (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274839 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4W7PJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.