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Sebastes viviparus  Krøyer, 1845

Norway redfish
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Iceland country information

Common names: Litli karfi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://brunnur.stjr.is/interpro/sjavarutv/english.nsf/pages/front
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jonsson, G., 1992
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4570); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4570); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 35388); max. reported age: 40 years (Ref. 35388)

Length at first maturity
Lm ?, range 10 - 15 cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 300 m (Ref. 35388)

Climate / Range

Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 71°N - 50°N, 53°W - 21°E

Distribution

Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian coast from Kattegat to Tanafjord in Finnmark, rare off Bear Island, northern part of North Sea, around Shetland Islands, Scotland, northern England, Wales and Ireland, rare in the English Channel; Rockall Bank, common around Faroes and Iceland; sporadic off East Greenland.
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Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit rocky bottoms, close to the shore, between 10 and 150 m, but also recorded at 760 m (Ref. 4570). Live in shoals and moves closer to the shore in the summer (Ref. 35388). Feed on various small crustaceans and young fishes (Ref. 4570). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.0   ±0.67 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (K=0.07; tm=20; tmax=40)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (64 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium