Redfish

redfish a name which for obvious reasons has been applied to various species of fish around the world, is best used for fish of the genus Sebastes in the family Scorpaenidae, especially S. marinus. This is a bright red or orange-red fish, with a maximum length of 1 m (40") although it is commonly about a third of that. It belongs to the cold northerly waters of the Atlantic down to the Gulf of Maine on the west and the North Sea on the east, and is the object of a sizeable commercial fishery, for consumption in Scandinavia and also in Germany, where it may appear on menus as Island Rotbarsch, since the supply comes mainly from Icelandic waters.