Golden redfish (Sebastes marinus)

Scientific name: Sebastes marinus Linnaeus, 1758

The Golden redfish (Sebastes marinus) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 3–7°C (37–45°F).

Golden redfish care at a glance

Temperature
3–7°C (37–45°F)

Biology

Found off the coast from 100-1000 m; juveniles found in fjords, bays and inshore waters. Normally trawled in deep water. Benthic. Feed mostly on euphausiids in summer; herrings in autumn and winter; capelins, herrings, euphausiids and ctenophores in spring. Gregarious throughout life. A slow growing species. Ovoviviparous, gonads of male and female do not mature at the same time. The spermatozoa are kept in the ovary of the female after copulation until such time that the eggs ripen paving the way for fertilization. Copulation takes place in late summer or early autumn; in winter females give birth to 50,000-350,000 pelagic larvae of 8 mm length. Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten fried, broiled, microwaved and baked

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes marinus
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
100.0
Common length
45.0
Depth range
100–1000 m (328–3281 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range 100 - 1000 m, usually 100 - 500 m
Climate
Temperate
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
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (rm=0.23; K=0.06-0.08; tm=10-12; tmax=60; Fec= 19,000-350,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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