Enables NAD-retinol dehydrogenase activity. Acts upstream of or within 9-cis-retinoic acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Predicted to be integral component of organelle membrane. Orthologous to human RDH16 (retinol dehydrogenase 16). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]