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Look up <i>redfish</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>Redfish is a <a href="/facts/Common_name/3KNNezEU">common name</a> for several <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of <a href="/facts/Fish/fln4gH9V">fish</a>. It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in the <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> <i><a href="/facts/Sebastes/a2V45lmN">Sebastes</a></i>, red drum from the genus <i><a href="/facts/Sciaenops/d4oa9GRo">Sciaenops</a></i> or the reef dwelling snappers in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus/CMcxvWdL">Lutjanus</a></i>. It is also applied to the <a href="/facts/Slimehead/54bjusqk">slimeheads</a> or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the <a href="/facts/Berycidae/F3m63Yrb">alfonsinos</a> (Berycidae). </p> Species known as "Redfish"<table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th>Species</th><th>Other common names</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Centroberyx_affinis/xskDJwd5">Centroberyx affinis</a></i></td><td>Redfish, eastern nannygai</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Etelis_oculatus/PjAI8DD7">Etelis oculatus</a></i></td><td>Queen snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_buccanella/WDqGFnHC">Lutjanus buccanella</a></i></td><td>Blackfin snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_campechanus/33dRov3k">Lutjanus campechanus</a></i></td><td>Red snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_erythropterus/mn4zAtb4">Lutjanus erythropterus</a></i></td><td>Crimson snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_malabaricus/qgVxtprV">Lutjanus malabaricus</a></i></td><td>Malabar blood snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_purpureus/4RQuc9C9">Lutjanus purpureus</a></i></td><td>Southern red snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_sebae/8N4k8C7G">Lutjanus sebae</a></i></td><td>Emperor red snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lutjanus_synagris/qMgMBgLm">Lutjanus synagris</a></i></td><td>Lane snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Oncorhynchus_nerka/rWITqur9">Oncorhynchus nerka</a></i></td><td>Sockeye salmon</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Rhomboplites_aurorubens/TlduHp6M">Rhomboplites aurorubens</a></i></td><td>Vermillion snapper</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sebastes_fasciatus/9rPYPSDf">Sebastes fasciatus</a></i></td><td>Acadian redfish</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sciaenops_ocellatus/d4oa9GRo">Sciaenops ocellatus</a></i></td><td>Red drum</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sebastes_mentella/o3CM2bnD">Sebastes mentella</a></i></td><td>Deep-water redfish</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sebastes_norvegicus/2yqqpKdm">Sebastes norvegicus</a></i></td><td>Ocean perch, rose fish</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sebastes_viviparus/g7EdfljR">Sebastes viviparus</a></i></td><td>Norway redfish</td></tr></tbody></table>