# Redfish

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{{About|the various species of fish|the DMTF standard|Redfish (specification)|other uses}}
{{Wiktionary|redfish}}
'''Redfish''' is a [common name](/source/common_name) for several [species](/source/species) of [fish](/source/fish).<ref>{{cite book | last=Beckman | first=D.W. | title=Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation | publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning | series=G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-7637-7350-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vW3pbgIcnXAC&pg=PA34 | access-date=June 30, 2021 | page=34}}</ref> It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in the [genus](/source/genus) ''[Sebastes](/source/Sebastes)'', red drum from the genus ''[Sciaenops](/source/Sciaenops)'' or the reef dwelling snappers in the genus ''[Lutjanus](/source/Lutjanus)''. It is also applied to the [slimehead](/source/slimehead)s or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the [alfonsinos](/source/Berycidae) (Berycidae).

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|+Species known as "Redfish"
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! Species
! Other common names
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|''[Centroberyx affinis](/source/Centroberyx_affinis)''
|Redfish, eastern nannygai
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|''[Etelis oculatus](/source/Etelis_oculatus)''
|Queen snapper
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|''[Lutjanus buccanella](/source/Lutjanus_buccanella)''
|Blackfin snapper
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|''[Lutjanus campechanus](/source/Lutjanus_campechanus)''
|Red snapper
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|''[Lutjanus erythropterus](/source/Lutjanus_erythropterus)''
|Crimson snapper
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|''[Lutjanus malabaricus](/source/Lutjanus_malabaricus)''
|Malabar blood snapper
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|''[Lutjanus purpureus](/source/Lutjanus_purpureus)''
|Southern red snapper
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|''[Lutjanus sebae](/source/Lutjanus_sebae)''
|Emperor red snapper
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|''[Lutjanus synagris](/source/Lutjanus_synagris)''
|Lane snapper
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|''[Oncorhynchus nerka](/source/Oncorhynchus_nerka)''
|Sockeye salmon
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|''[Rhomboplites aurorubens](/source/Rhomboplites_aurorubens)''
|Vermillion snapper
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|''[Sebastes fasciatus](/source/Sebastes_fasciatus)''
|Acadian redfish
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|''[Sciaenops ocellatus](/source/Sciaenops_ocellatus)''
|Red drum
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|''[Sebastes mentella](/source/Sebastes_mentella)''
|Deep-water redfish
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|''[Sebastes norvegicus](/source/Sebastes_norvegicus)''
|Ocean perch, rose fish
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|''[Sebastes viviparus](/source/Sebastes_viviparus)''
|Norway redfish
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==References==
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Category:Fish common names

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