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title: "Copper Rockfish"
description: "Sebastes caurinus — Poissons. The copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), also known as the copper seaperch, chucklehead, or white belly rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/copper-rockfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Copper Rockfish

> Sebastes caurinus — Poissons. The copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), also known as the copper seaperch, chucklehead, or white belly rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Sebastes caurinus*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 3031
- Wikidata: [Q1983503](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983503)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68597)

## Names

- en: Copper Rockfish
- de: Kupferfelsenbarsch
- es: Rocote cobrizo

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1625), US (1127), MX (7)

## Summary

The copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), also known as the copper seaperch, chucklehead, or white belly rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_rockfish

## Photo

![Copper Rockfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/copper-rockfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230852231

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/copper-rockfish?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).