Sea perch, sea-perch or seaperch are the

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s of various fishes, including: * Fishes of the family

Sebastidae Sebastinae is a subfamily of marine fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes. Their common names include rockfishes, rock perches, ocean perches, sea perches, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, sea ruffes and rockcods. De ...

, especially those of the genus ''

Sebastes ''Sebastes'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. They are foun ...

'' (more commonly known as

rockfish Rockfish is a common term for several species of fish, referring to their tendency to hide among rocks. The name rockfish is used for many kinds of fish used for food. This common name belongs to several groups that are not closely related, and ca ...

) * ''Caesioperca rasor'' (also known as

barber perch The barber perch (''Caesioperca rasor''), also called the barber sea perch, red perch or Tasmanian barber, is endemic to Australia, found from southern Victoria to southwestern Western Australia, including Tasmania.orange roughy The orange roughy (''Hoplostethus atlanticus''), also known as the red roughy, slimehead and deep sea perch, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The UK Marine Conservation Society has categori ...

, deep sea perch * The

splendid sea perch The splendid sea perch (''Callanthias allporti'') is a splendid perch of the family ''Callanthiidae'', found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic div ...

* The red sea perch, ''

Lutjanus argentimaculatus The mangrove red snapper (''Lutjanus argentimaculatus''), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi, is a species ...

'' * The

Waigieu seaperch The Waigieu seaperch (''Psammoperca waigiensis''), or Waigeo barramundi, is a species of marine fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The only species of genus ''Psammoperca'', it is native to tropical coastal waters from the Bay of Benga ...

* The

bluestripe snapper The common bluestripe snapper (''Lutjanus kasmira''), bluestripe snapper, bluebanded snapper, bluestripe sea perch, fourline snapper, blue-line snapper or moonlighter, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lut ...

, bluestripe sea perch * The striped surfperch, ''

Embiotoca lateralis ''Embiotoca lateralis'', commonly known as the striped surfperch or striped seaperch, is a species of surfperch The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south ...

'', also called the striped seaperch * The

swallowtail sea perch ''Anthias anthias'', the swallowtail sea perch or marine goldfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it is associated ...

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