ROCKFISHES
ROCKFISH
rockfish
(noun) marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
rockfish
(noun) the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
rockfishes
plural of rockfish
Source: Wiktionary
ROCKFISH
Rock"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any one of several California scorpænoid food fishes of the genus
Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the
most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and
garrupa.
(b) The striped bass. See Bass.
(c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the
genus Epinephelus.
(d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition