redfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
redfish (plural redfish or redfishes)
- Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh:
- Any of genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.
- especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.
- A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.
- Lutjanus spp., snappers.
- Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.
- Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.
- Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.
- A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.
- Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.
- Any of genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs.
Derived terms[edit]
- Acadian redfish, Atlantic redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)
- deep-water redfish (Sebastes mentella)
- Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)
Translations[edit]
Sebastes norvegicus — see rose fish