Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)

Scientific name: Sebastes viviparus Kr?yer, 1845

Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)

The Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus) is a marine fish of the family Sebastidae.

Biology

Inhabit rocky bottoms, close to the shore, between 10 and 150 m, but also recorded at 760 m. Live in shoals and moves closer to the shore in the summer. Feed on various small crustaceans and young fishes. Viviparous.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sebastes viviparus
Family
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
50–300 m (164–984 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 300 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian coast from Kattegat to Tanafjord in Finnmark, rare off Bear Island, northern part of North Sea, around Shetland Islands, Scotland, northern England, Wales and Ireland, rare in the English Channel; Rockall Bank, common around Faroes and Iceland; sporadic off East Greenland.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.07; tm=20; tmax=40)

Sources

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

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