Sebastes Cuvier [G.] 1829:166 Masc. Perca norvegica Ascanius 1772. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:2 [ref. 12248] and 1876:294 [ref. 450]; species may go back to Ascanius 1772:7 (see Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:240 [ref. 20707]). •Valid as Sebastes Cuvier 1829 -- (Chen 1971:4 [ref. 7668], Blanc & Hureau 1973:583 [ref. 7218], Chen 1975 [ref. 7413], Barsukov 1981 [ref. 5306], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:310 [ref. 6441], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1224 [ref. 13677], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:22 [ref. 15964], Kendall 1991:173 [ref. 16776], Rocha-Olivares et al. 1999:404 [ref. 27389], Kendall & Orr 2000:1 [ref. 25209], Kendall 2000:1 [ref. 25796], Mandrytsa 2001:256 [ref. 25636], Love et al. 2002:5 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:337 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S60 [ref. 28300], Kai et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27218], Orr & Hawkins 2008:111 [ref. 29591], Kai & Nakabo 2008:238 [ref. 29759], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Kai et al. 2011:333 [ref. 31619], Shinohara et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31715], Yoshiaki & Nakabo 2013:541 [ref. 32653], Venerus et al. 2013 [ref. 32720], Kai et al. 2013:175 [ref. 33093], Parin et al. 2014:212 [ref. 33547], Frable et al. 2015:355 [ref. 33878], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:59 [ref. 35138], Muto et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35963]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes Cuvier 1829. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae.