Sebastes caurinus: Copper Rockfish–The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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Sebastes caurinus, The Copper Rockfish.

 

Ryan took this photo on a night dive at Race Rocks in 2010. The numbers of this fish have been reduced by overfishing in the past so now it is one that benefits from the Rockfish Conservation  area (RCA) at Race Rocks
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Sebastes
Speciescaurinus,
Richardson, 1884
Common Name: Copper Rockfish

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Other Members of the Phylum Chordata at Race Rocks 
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pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 March 2010-  Ryan Murphy (PC)