Goldeye rockfish

Amazing fact

The goldeye rockfish has spines on a bone beneath its eyes.

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Goldeye rockfish in its habitat (illustration)

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An illustration based on the real animal.

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The goldeye rockfish has spines on a bone beneath its eyes.

Source青森県産業技術センター — ウスメバル

THE REAL WORLD

The real Goldeye rockfish

Scientific name: Sebastes thompsoni
Japanese name: ウスメバル
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes

Facts about the real animal.

Because it lives in deep water offshore, it is sometimes called "oki-mebaru" (offshore rockfish).

鳥羽水族館 — ウスメバル

It lives on rocky reefs from Hokkaido to Sagami Bay and Tsushima, and off the east and south coasts of Korea.

鳥羽水族館 — ウスメバル

How the Goldeye rockfish lives

In spring, young are born after hatching from eggs inside their mother. When very young, they live drifting near the sea surface. As they grow, they hide beneath seaweed drifting in the sea. Later, they live on the seabed near the coast and move offshore as they grow.

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Basic data

Range: Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Sagami Bay, Sea of Japan coast from Hokkaido to Tsushima, and eastern and southern Korean Peninsula

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Where the Goldeye rockfish has been recorded

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesJapan Asia Ocean

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

日本語: ウスメバル
简体中文: 汤氏平鲉
繁體中文: 湯氏平鮋
한국어: 불볼락
Português (Brasil): Cantarilho-de-olho-dourado

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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