Found 2 items, similar to Rockfish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rockfish rockfish n 1: the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks 2: marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America 3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone [syn: striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis] [also: rockfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rockfish Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (Sebastichthys 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes. [1913 Webster]