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Broadbanded thornyhead

Sebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Sebastolobus macrochir, the broadbanded thornyhead or broadfin thorny head, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in deep waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Wikipedia contributors, Sebastolobus macrochir; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:56:13.206713+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Sebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877)
Name authority
(Günther, 1877)
Common name
Broadbanded thornyhead
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Sebastidae
Genus
Sebastolobus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderScorpaenoidei
  12. familySebastidae Kaup, 1873
  13. subfamilySebastolobinae Matsubara, 1943
  14. genusSebastolobus Gill, 1881
  15. speciesSebastolobus macrochir (Günther, 1877)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Sebastolobus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
shortspine thornyheadSebastolobus alascanus Bean, 1890SebastidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
longspine thornyheadSebastolobus altivelis Gilbert, 1896SebastidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 126 records assigned to Sebastidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Sebastes macrochir Günther, 1877 Günther, 1877synonym
Sebastodes macrochir (Günther, 1877) (Günther, 1877)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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282742 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:4W7ZN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.