Sebastes diaconus

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Sebastidae
Subfamilia: Sebastinae
Genus: Sebastes
Species: Sebastes diaconus

Name

Sebastes diaconus Frable et al., 2015

• Holotype: OS 18901.
• Paratypes: CAS 25336 (1); LACM 31942.008 (6); OS 18882 (1), 18883 (1), 18884 (4), 18885 (2), 18888 (1), 18889 (3), 18890 (3), 18893 (1), 18895 (2), 18897 (1); UW 44179 (1), 44330 (1).

Type locality: 1.8 km west of Seal Rock, OR, 44°29′49.38″N, 124°6′30.48″W, 20.9 m depth.

Etymology: The specific epithet diaconus is derived from the Latinized ancient Greek διa;κονος, the name for an acolyte or assistant to a priest. This name complements the species name of S. mystinus, which was intended to mean “priest” (Jordan and Evermann, 1898). This name highlights the similarity between the 2 species and the previous lack of differentiation.

Vernacular names

English: Deacon Rockfish

References

• Frable, B.W., Wagman, D.W., Frierson, T.N., Aguilar, A. & Sidlauskas, B.L. 2015. A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881). Fishery Bulletin 113: 355–377. DOI: 10.7755/FB.113.4.1 Reference page.