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Definition: garrupa
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.
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Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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