Article Nº 1588 Fish Vol. II · p. 131
Fura-Vasos
A rare, delicately flavoured crimson fish of the perch family seen in Madeiran coastal waters in summer.
A fish of the perch family (Percidae) that frequents the coastal waters of the archipelago in summer. It is rare and is almost always caught in drift nets (redes de atravessar). Its flavour is delicate and its colour a brilliant crimson.
It is also called alfonsim do rolo, and was formerly known as alfaraz and realista.