rose fish

See also: rosefish

English

Etymology

rose +‎ fish, since it is usually bright red when fully grown.

Noun

rose fish (plural rose fishes or rose fish)

A large marine food fish, of species Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.

Synonyms

(North Atlantic food fish): ocean perch, Norway haddock, red perch, redfish, hemdurgan

Translations

Sebastes norvegicus

Catalan: penegal nòrdic m
Dutch: roodbaars (nl)
Faroese: kongafiskur m
Finnish: punasimppu, puna-ahven (fi)
French: sébaste atlantique
German: Rotbarsch (de) m
Greek: κοκκινόψαρο n (kokkinópsaro)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uer (no) m

Nynorsk: uer (nn) m
Polish: karmazyn (pl) m

References

rose fish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sebastes norvegicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sebastes norvegicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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