redfish — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.

2. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs. especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.

3. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.

4. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Lutjanus spp., snappers.

5. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.

6. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.

7. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.

8. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.

9. Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

Noun

1. North Atlantic rockfish

   Synonyms

   rosefishocean perch

   Broader terms

   rockfish

2. large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico

   Synonyms

   red drumchannel bassSciaenops ocellatus

   Broader terms

   drumdrumfish

3. male salmon that has recently spawned

   Broader terms

   salmon