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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Sebastiscus: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical, preferred ?

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Western Pacific: southern Hokkaido, Japan to the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 8 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 2.8 kg (Ref. 40637)

Found near shore, on rock bottom (Ref. 11230). Commercially cultured in Japan. Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).

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The species is viviparous (Ref. 5475).

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 57406)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Sebastiscus marmoratus (Cuvier, 1829)