name: Orange Roughy

flavor_db_name_variants: orange roughy

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Orange roughy

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name_scientific: Hoplostethus atlanticus

description: The orange roughy, red roughy, slimehead or deep sea perch, Hoplostethus atlanticus, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The Marine Conservation Society has categorized orange roughy as vulnerable to exploitation. It is found in 3 to 9 °C (37 to 48 °F) deep (bathypelagic, 180 to 1,800 metres waters of the Western Pacific Ocean, eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, and in the Eastern Pacific off Chile. The orange roughy is notable for its extraordinary lifespan, with lifespans up to 149 years determined by scientific methods. It is important to commercial deep trawl fisheries. The fish is actually a bright, brick red color; however, the orange roughy fades to a yellowish orange after death. Like other slimeheads, the orange roughy is slow-growing and late to mature, resulting in a very low resilience. They are extremely susceptible to overfishing because of this, and many stocks have already crashed; recently discovered substitute stocks are rapidly dwindling. The flesh is firm with a mild flavour; it is sold skinned and filleted, fresh or frozen.

itis_id: 166139

wikipedia_id: Orange roughy

picture_file_name: 458.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 44101

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:29.000Z

legacy_id: 485

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:42.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 96778

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public_id: FOOD00448