Sebastes norvegicus

Sebastes norvegicus, the rose fish, rock fish, ocean perch, Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock, golden redfish, pinkbelly rosefish or bergylt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a large, slow-growing, late-maturing fish and the subject of a fishery.

This article is about Sebastes norvegicus. For Helicolenus dactylopterus, see blackbelly rosefish. For Melanogrammus aeglefinus, see haddock.

Sebastes norvegicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Sebastes
Species:
S. norvegicus
Binomial name
Sebastes norvegicus
(Ascanius, 1772)
Synonyms
  • Perca norvegica Ascanius, 1772
  • Perca norwegica Walbaum, 1792
  • Sebastes septentrionalis Gaimard, 1851
  • Sebastes heltzeni Collett, 1879
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