About Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1854
The Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1854) has a reddish-orange coloration. It can live 50 years or more, and reaches a maximum length of 20 inches (508 mm). It is very similar in appearance to the deepwater redfish (S. mentella). The two species can be told apart by counting the number of soft rays in the anal fin, through internal examination of the gas bladder, or via genetic testing. Acadian redfish is native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with a range that extends from Virginia, through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia, to western Greenland and Iceland. It occurs at depths between 70 and 500 m (230 and 1,640 ft), and swims close to the seabed in areas with clay-silt or rocky substrates.
