Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)

General data

Main name: Golden redfish
Local names: Norway redfish, Pinkbelly rosefish, Norway haddock, Bergylt, Atlantic redfish
Climates: Temperate, Subpolar
Habitat: Saltwater
Native: Europe
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Norwegian sea, Barents Sea, Irish Sea

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

Sebastes norvegicus, the rose fish, rock fish, ocean perch, Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock, golden redfish, pinkbelly rosefish 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 large, slow-growing, late-maturing fish and the subject of a fishery. Sebastes norvegicus is a large and stocky bodied species of rockfish. Like other scorpionfishes this species has comparatively large fins which have long spines and rays. The caudal fin is weakly truncate while the anal, pectoral and pelvic fins are rounded and the dorsal fin is continuous. The dorsal fin contains between 14 and 16, typically 15, robust spines and 13 to 16, normally 14 or 15, soft rays, while anal fin has 3 spines and about 8 soft rays. There are 1 or 2 spined points above the jaw on the preorbital bone but the ridge below the eye has no spines and is rather weakly defined. There are 5 spines on the preoperculum which are all about the same length. There are spines on the supracleithrum and there are 2 spines on the operculum, the lower one being normally directed downwards and slightly towards the rear, infrequently downwards and forwards. There are also nasal, preocular, supraocular, post-ocular and parietal spines. There is normally no knob on the symphysis of the lower jaw, but if there is on it is a rounded protuberance. The golden redfish reaches a maximum total length of 100 cm (39 in), although 45 cm (18 in) is more typical, and a maximum published weight of 15 kg (33 lb). The overall colour is vivid red with a dusky patch to the rear of the operculum. Sebastes norvegicus is found from the Kattegat and the northern part of the North Sea north along the coast of Norway to the western coast of Spitsbergen, the southern part of the Barents Sea and east as far as the Kanin Banks and Novaya Zemlya shoals and it is rare in the White Sea. It is a common species off Iceland and off southeastern Greenland. Elsewhere, along western coast of Greenland. In the western Atlantic it is found as far south as Flemish Cap, the Grand Banks and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Juveniles can be found in fjords, bays and inshore waters, while the adults are found off the coast at depths between 100 and 1,000 m (330 and 3,280 ft). Fish living in deeper waters are larger than those living in shallow offshore waters.

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
- Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
- Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
  - Perciformes - Perches->
  - Cypriniformes - Carps->
  - Esociformes - Pikes->
  - Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
  - Siluriformes - Catfishes->
  - Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    
    Cottidae - Cottids->
    
    Scorpaenidae - Scorpionfishes->
    
    Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead->
    
    Sebastes - Rockfishes->
    
    Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger)
    
    Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii)
    
    Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger)
    
    Treefish (Sebastes serriceps)
    
    False kelpfish (Sebastes marmoratus)
    
    Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)
    
    Brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)
    
    Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)
    
    Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
    
    Flag rockfish (Sebastes rubrivinctus)
    
    Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
    
    Black-and-yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas)
    
    Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)
    
    Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops)
    
    Honeycomb rockfish (Sebastes umbrosus)
    
    Halfbanded Rockfish (Sebastes semicinctus)
    
    Goldeye rockfish (Sebastes thompsoni)
    
    Brassblotched Rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)
    
    Japanese Red Rockfish (Sebastes inermis)
    
    Yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)
    
    Grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger)
    
    Japanese White Seaperch (Sebastes cheni)
    
    Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)
    
    Deacon rockfish (Sebastes diaconus)
    
    Rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus)
    
    Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)
    
    Kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
    
    Aurora rockfish (Sebastes aurora)
    
    Redbanded rockfish (Sebastes babcocki)
    
    Sebastes baramenuke (Sebastes baramenuke)
    
    Shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis)
    
    Silvergray rockfish (Sebastes brevispinis)
    
    Cape redfish (Sebastes capensis)
    
    Gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)
    
    Greenspotted rockfish (Sebastes chlorostictus)
    
    Dusky rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus)
    
    Starry rockfish (Sebastes constellatus)
    
    Cortez rockfish (Sebastes cortezi)
    
    Darkblotched rockfish (Sebastes crameri)
    
    Calico rockfish (Sebastes dallii)
    
    Splitnose rockfish (Sebastes diploproa)
    
    Greenstriped rockfish (Sebastes elongatus)
    
    Swordspine rockfish (Sebastes ensifer)
    
    Widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas)
    
    Pink rockfish (Sebastes eos)
    
    Buccaneer rockfish (Sebastes exsul)
    
    Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)
    
    Sebastes flammeus (Sebastes flammeus)
    
    Bronzespotted rockfish (Sebastes gilli)
    
    Gray rockfish (Sebastes glaucus)
    
    Chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei)
    
    Rosethorn rockfish (Sebastes helvomaculatus)
    
    Squarespot rockfish (Sebastes hopkinsi)
    
    Sebastes hubbsi (Sebastes hubbsi)
    
    Sebastes ijimae (Sebastes ijimae)
    
    Sebastes iracundus (Sebastes iracundus)
    
    Sebastes itinus (Sebastes itinus)
    
    Shortbelly rockfish (Sebastes jordani)
    
    Sebastes joyneri (Sebastes joyneri)
    
    Sebastes kiyomatsui (Sebastes kiyomatsui)
    
    Sebastes koreanus (Sebastes koreanus)
    
    Freckled rockfish (Sebastes lentiginosus)
    
    Cowcod (Sebastes levis)
    
    Sebastes longispinis (Sebastes longispinis)
    
    Mexican rockfish (Sebastes macdonaldi)
    
    Sebastes matsubarai (Sebastes matsubarai)
    
    Semaphore rockfish (Sebastes melanosema)
    
    Blackspotted rockfish (Sebastes melanostictus)
    
    Blackgill rockfish (Sebastes melanostomus)
    
    Beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella)
    
    Sebastes minor (Sebastes minor)
    
    Whitespeckled rockfish (Sebastes moseri)
    
    China rockfish (Sebastes nebulosus)
    
    Sebastes nivosus (Sebastes nivosus)
    
    Sebastes notius (Sebastes notius)
    
    Sebastes nudus (Sebastes nudus)
    
    Sebastes oblongus (Sebastes oblongus)
    
    Patagonian redfish (Sebastes oculatus)
    
    Speckled rockfish (Sebastes ovalis)
    
    Sebastes owstoni (Sebastes owstoni)
    
    Bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis)
    
    Sebastes peduncularis (Sebastes peduncularis)
    
    Chameleon rockfish (Sebastes phillipsi)
    
    Northern rockfish (Sebastes polyspinis)
    
    Redstripe rockfish (Sebastes proriger)
    
    Yellowmouth rockfish (Sebastes reedi)
    
    Rosy rockfish (Sebastes rosaceus)
    
    Greenblotched rockfish (Sebastes rosenblatti)
    
    Yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)
    
    Dwarf-red rockfish (Sebastes rufinanus)
    
    Bank rockfish (Sebastes rufus)
    
    Stripetail rockfish (Sebastes saxicola)
    
    Sebastes scythropus (Sebastes scythropus)
    
    Olive rockfish (Sebastes serranoides)
    
    Pinkrose rockfish (Sebastes simulator)
    
    Blackmouth rockfish (Sebastes sinensis)
    
    Sebastes spinorbis (Sebastes spinorbis)
    
    Sebastes steindachneri (Sebastes steindachneri)
    
    Sebastes taczanowskii (Sebastes taczanowskii)
    
    Sebastes trivittatus (Sebastes trivittatus)
    
    Light dusky rockfish (Sebastes variabilis)
    
    Harlequin rockfish (Sebastes variegatus)
    
    Sebastes varispinis (Sebastes varispinis)
    
    Sebastes ventricosus (Sebastes ventricosus)
    
    Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)
    
    Sebastes vulpes (Sebastes vulpes)
    
    Sebastes wakiyai (Sebastes wakiyai)
    
    Pygmy rockfish (Sebastes wilsoni)
    
    Sharpchin rockfish (Sebastes zacentrus)
    
    Sebastes zonatus (Sebastes zonatus)
    
    Adelosebastes - Adelosebastes->
    
    Helicolenus - Helicolenus->
    
    Hozukius - Hozukius->
    
    Sebastolobus - Sebastolobus->
    
    Trachyscorpia - Trachyscorpia->
    
    Anarhichadidae - Wolffishes->
    
    Hexagrammidae - Greenlings->
    
    Comephoridae - Baikal oilfishes->
    
    Platycephalidae - Flatheads->
    
    Liparidae - Snailfishes->
    
    Triglidae - Gurnards->
    
    Pholidae - Gunnels->
    
    Cyclopteridae - Lumpfishes->
    
    Zoarcidae - Eelpout->
    
    Stichaeidae - Pricklebacks->
    
    Scorpaenichthyidae - Scorpaenichthyidae->
    
    Abyssocottidae - Deep-water sculpins->
    
    Agonidae - Poachers->
    
    Anoplopomatidae - Sablefishes->
    
    Apistidae - Wasp scorpionfishes->
    
    Aploactinidae - Velvetfishes->
    
    Bathylutichthyidae - Antarctic sculpins->
    
    Bathymasteridae - Ronquils->
    
    Bembridae - Deepwater flatheads->
    
    Caracanthidae - Orbicular velvetfishes->
    
    Congiopodidae - Racehorses or pigfishes->
    
    Cottocomephoridae - Bighead sculpins->
    
    Cryptacanthodidae - Wrymouths->
    
    Ereuniidae - Deepwater bullhead sculpins->
    
    Eschmeyeridae - Cofishes->
    
    Eulophiidae - Spinous fin eelpouts->
    
    Gnathanacanthidae - Red velvetfish->
    
    Hemitripteridae - Sea ravens or sailfin sculpins->
    
    Hoplichthyidae - Ghost flatheads->
    
    Jordaniidae - Longfin sculpins->
    
    Lumpenidae - Eel pricklebacks->
    
    Neosebastidae - Gurnard scorpionfishes->
    
    Neozoarcidae - Largemouth kissing eelpouts->
    
    Normanichthyidae - Barehead scorpionfishes->
    
    Opisthocentridae - Rearspined fin pricklebacks->
    
    Parabembridae - Sprat-like flatheads->
    
    Pataecidae - Australian prowfishes->
    
    Peristediidae - Armored searobins or armored gurnards->
    
    Perryenidae - Whitenose pigfishes->
    
    Plectrogeniidae - Stinger flatheads->
    
    Psychrolutidae - Fatheads->
    
    Ptilichthyidae - Quillfish->
    
    Rhamphocottidae - Grunt sculpins->
    
    Scytalinidae - Graveldivers->
    
    Setarchidae - Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes->
    
    Synanceiidae - Stonefishes->
    
    Tetrarogidae - Wasp fishes->
    
    Zanclorhynchidae - Horsefishes->
    
    Zaniolepididae - Combfishes->
    
    Zaproridae - Prowfish->
  - Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
  - Gadiformes - Cods->
  - Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
  - Clupeiformes - Herrings->
  - Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
  - Gobiiformes - Gobies->
  - Mugiliformes - Mullets->
  - Carangiformes - Jacks->
  - Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
  - Labriformes - Wrasses->
  - Scombriformes - Mackerels->
  - Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
  - Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
  - Aulopiformes - Grinners->
  - Blenniiformes - Blennies->
  - Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
  - Osmeriformes - Smelts->
  - Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
  - Cichliformes - Cichlids->
  - Characiformes - Characins->
  - Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
  - Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
  - Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
  - Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
  - Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
  - Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
  - Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
  - Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
  - Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
  - Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
  - Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
  - Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
  - Zeiformes - Dories->
  - Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
  - Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
  - Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
  - Lampriformes - Lamprids->
  - Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
  - Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
  - Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
  - Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
  - Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
  - Atheriniformes - Silversides->
  - Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
  - Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
  - Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
  - Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
  - Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
  - Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
  - Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
  - Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
  - Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
  - Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
  - Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
  - Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
  - Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
  - Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
  - Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
  - Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
  - Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
- Cladistii - Bichirs->
- Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
- Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
- Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->