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The Acadian redfish feeds on a variety of crustaceans, mollusks, and smaller fish. [9] It spawns in the fall to late winter. The species is ovoviviparous, and females release 15,000–20,000 fully formed larvae into the water per season. [10] The Acadian redfish is preyed on by the halibut, the Atlantic cod, swordfishes and harbor seals. [2]
Redfish is a common name for several species of fish. [1] It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in the genus Sebastes, red drum from the genus Sciaenops or the reef dwelling snappers in the genus Lutjanus. It is also applied to the slimeheads or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the alfonsinos (Berycidae).
Acadian redfish: northwestern Atlantic Ocean and its range extends from Virginia, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia, western Greenland and Iceland Sebastes flammeus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) northwest Pacific. Sebastes flavidus (Ayres, 1862) Yellowtail rockfish: San Diego, California, to Kodiak Island, Alaska Sebastes gilli (R. S ...
The beaked redfish has been known to hybridise with the Acadian redfish (S. fasciatus). [1] This species is classified within the subgenus Sebastes by some authorities. The specific name mentella is a diminutive of mentum which means "chin", a reference to the obvious symphyseal knob.
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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 643 endangered fish species. [1] Of all evaluated fish species, 4.2% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists ten fish subspecies as endangered.
Sebastes miniatus has a rather stocky body shape with the depth of the body being equivalent to just under two fifths of its standard length. [5] It has moderately robust to weak spines on its head, the nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic and parietal spines being always present, the nuchal spine usually being absent and the coronal spine never being present. [1]
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.