red-fish

Sebastes norvegicus

Sebastid Fish Reaching One Hundred Centimeters

Red
Yellow
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
North America
Deep-bodied
Large
Temperate fish

Sebastes norvegicus, the rose fish, rock fish, ocean perch, Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock, golden redfish, pinkbelly rosefish, Norway seaperch, Scottish seaperch or bergylt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a -medium-sized, slow-growing, late-maturing fish and the subject of a fishery.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Sebastidae
Genus: Sebastes
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Kattegat and North Sea, northward to Spitsbergen, southern part of Barents Sea eastward to Kanin Banks and Novaya Zemlya, rare in White Sea, Iceland and eastern Greenland. Western Atlantic: Greenland and southeastern Labrador in Canada to New Jersey in USA (Ref. 7251 ).

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