Illustration: Jón Baldur Hlíðberg
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RED FISH (Sebastes marinus, Sebastes mentella )
The deepsea redfish is in many regards similar to the golden redfish. It just lives deeper. The fishing areas around Iceland and global distribution are very comparable (except for the depth of course). Size in catches is similar, but the deepsea redfish matures larger, or at the size of 37 to 42 cm long. It is very difficult to age determine the deepsea redfish.
Spawning time is similar as with golden redfish but the deepsea redfish has more larvae, or from 40,000 to 400,000. The main food is also zooplankton, mostly krill. It is benthopelagic as the golden redfish but differs as there seem to be two stock components; one is along the continental shelf break but the other below 500 m depth in the open ocean, living apparently a pure pelagic lifestyle. 
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