Golden redfish
📖 Overview
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 .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Golden redfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
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 fertilisation . Gives birth to 50,000-350,000 pelagic larvae of 8 mm length .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous ; depth range 100 - 1000 m, usually 100 - 500 m . Temperate; 3°C - 7°C ; 79°N - 39°N, 75°W - 71°E 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.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 7ft spinning rod
- 30-50 lb braid
- fluorocarbon leader
- grass flats
- oyster bars
- marsh drains
- deeper channel edges
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Slot limits protect breeding-size fish. Verify daily bag limits.
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Atlantic Ocean Perch · Bream · Brim · Brin · Golden Redfish · Norway Haddock · Ocean Perch · Pinkbelly Rosefish · Red-fish · Redfish · Rosefish · Sebaste · red perch · rose-fish |
| 🌍CYM | Pysgod Coch · pysgodyn coch |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Stor rødfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Goldbarsch · Island Rotbarsch · Rotbarsch · grosser Rotbarsch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | iso kuninkaankala |
| 🇫🇷French | Chèvre · Poisson Rouge · Sébaste Atlantique · grand sébaste · rascasse · sébaste doré · sébaste orangé |
| 🌍ISL | karfi · stóri karfi |
| 🌍KAL | sulupâgaq |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | kleine roodbaars · roodbaars |
| 🌍NNO | raudfisk · vanleg uer · vanlig uer |
| 🌍NOB | rødfisk · vanlig uer |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | uer |
| 🇵🇱Polish | karmazyn |
| 🇷🇺Russian | morskoi okun' |
| 🌍SME | háhká |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Gallineta Dorada · Gallineta Nórdica |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | rödfisk · större kungfisk · större kungsfisk · uer |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perca norvegica | Ascanius | 1772 | Synonym |
| Sebastes marinus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Sebastes marinus marinus | - | - | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 35 records indexed .
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