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Webster 1913 Edition
Rockfish
Rock′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus
Sebastichthys
, as the red
. They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rockfish
(Sebastichthys ruber
)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.
☞ The term is locally applied to various other fishes.