Redfish is a
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
for several
species of
fish.
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
slimehead
Slimeheads, also known as roughies and redfish, are mostly small, exceptionally long-lived, deep-sea beryciform fish constituting the family Trachichthyidae (derived from the Greek ''trachys'' – "rough" and ''ichthys'' – "fish"). Found in ...
s or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the
alfonsinos (Berycidae).
References
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