Common name: Beaked redfish, Acadian rockfish, Labrador redfish, Norway redfish, Ocean perch, Redfish

Japanese name: Chihiroakauo (千尋赤魚)

Scientific name: Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1854

Nigiri sushi detail: Beaked redfish (Chihiroakauo) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Beaked redfish (Chihiroakauo) is native to the waters of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and its range extends from Virginia, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia, western Greenland, and Iceland. It is found at depths varying between 70 and 500 m. It swims near the seabed in areas with clay-silt or rocky bottoms. It is colored reddish-orange and reaches lengths up to 50cm. It is very similar in appearance to the deepwater redfish.