Norway redfish
| Sebastes viviparus Krøyer, 1845 | ||||
| Family: | Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) |
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| Order: | Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Norway redfish | |||
| 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. | |||
| Adult biology: | Inhabit rocky bottoms, close to the shore, between 10 and 150 m, but also recorded at 760 m (Ref. 4570). Live in shoals and moves closer to the shore in the summer (Ref. 35388). Feed on various small crustaceans and young fishes (Ref. 4570). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). | |||
| Diagnosis: | One-two hypural melanophores. Peritoneal pigment and some on the head. Head and preopercular spines develop in postlarvae, at about 8 mm: 1 orbital, 1 otocystic, 1 occipital, 2 opercular and 2-4 preopercular spines on each side. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 71°N - 50°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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