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