Image of Vermilion rockfish
Description:
Juvenile vermilions are bottom-dwelling--their blotchy coloration may provide some camouflage in this environment. This individual, about 6 cm., is just starting to acquire the adult coloration. Depth 17 m.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenoidei
- Sebastidae (rockfishes)
- Sebastes (Rockcod)
- Sebastes miniatus (Vermilion rockfish)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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