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title: "Black Rockfish"
description: "Sebastes melanops — Ryby. The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/black-rockfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Rockfish

> Sebastes melanops — Ryby. The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Sebastes melanops*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1282
- Wikidata: [Q3476850](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3476850)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47760](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47760)

## Names

- en: Black Rockfish
- es: Rocote negro

## Countries with the most observations

US (778), CA (278)

## Summary

The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes misidentified as the "red snapper".

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53493025

## Machine access

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