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Olive Rockfish

Sebastes serranoides

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) iamyrt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 49, February 43, March 44, April 55, May 53, June 39, July 34, August 34, September 44, October 44, November 57, December 44.
United States541
California541

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • MigratoryTravels long distances seasonallyFrom its classification

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyScorpionfishes · Scorpaenidae
GenusRockfishes · Sebastes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Olive Rockfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.