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State regulators have given the green light to the use of blackbelly rosefish.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources says Thursday it has approved the blackbelly rosefish as a new species that can be sold and used as lobster bait in the state.

In addition to the tubeworms, the seeps are home to a number of different species, "including black bellied rosefish, snipe eels, hammerhead sharks, manta rays and tuna," the researchers added in the statement.

The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc.

The blackbelly rosefish is an abundant species that ranges from Canada to South America.