Redfish is a common name for several species of fish. [1] It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in the genus Sebastes , red drum from the genus Sciaenops or the reef dwelling snappers in the genus Lutjanus . It is also applied to the slimeheads or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the alfonsinos (Berycidae).
Image | Species | Common names |
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Centroberyx affinis | Redfish, eastern nannygai | |
Etelis oculatus | Queen snapper | |
Lutjanus buccanella | Blackfin snapper | |
Lutjanus campechanus | Red snapper | |
Lutjanus erythropterus | Crimson snapper | |
Lutjanus malabaricus | Malabar blood snapper | |
Lutjanus purpureus | Southern red snapper | |
Lutjanus sebae | Emperor red snapper | |
Lutjanus synagris | Lane snapper | |
Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye salmon | |
Rhomboplites aurorubens | Vermillion snapper | |
Sebastes fasciatus | Acadian redfish | |
Sciaenops ocellatus | Red drum | |
Sebastes mentella | Deep-water redfish | |
Sebastes norvegicus | Ocean perch, rose fish | |
Sebastes viviparus | Norway redfish |
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