rockfish

Plural: rockfish, rockfishes

Noun

• A type of fish typically found living among rocks.
• the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
• marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
• marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
• Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
• Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
• A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
• A black person who does not know how to swim.

Examples

• The obscure word ROCKFISH swam into view, earning a surprising number of points.

Synonyms

Roccus saxatilis, striped bass, striper