Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)

General data
- Main name: Tiger rockfish
- Local names: Tiger seaperch, Banded rockfish
- Climates: Temperate, Subpolar
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska
Classification
- Genus: Sebastes - Rockfishes
- Family: Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead
- Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
The tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus), also called tiger seaperch, banded rockfish and black-banded rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off western North America.