rockfish
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/
- (General Australian)
(file)
NounEdit
rockfish (countable and uncountable, plural rockfish or rockfishes)
- (usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
- The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
- Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
- Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
- Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
- Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
- Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
- Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
- The stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
- The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
- Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
- Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as the Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
- Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
- The logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as the common logperch or log perch
- The long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
- The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
- (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
Alternative formsEdit
TranslationsEdit
fish of the genus Sebastes
rock salmon — see rock salmon
stonefish — see stonefish
Morone saxatilis — see striped bass
Percina caprodes — see logperch
Taurulus bubalis — see long-spined bullhead