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redfish en · NOUN

Etymology

From red + fish.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

Norway redfish · deep-water redfish · Acadian redfish · Atlantic redfish

Relateds

channel bass · Redfish Lake · red drum · rosefish · rose fish