rockfishn.
/ˈrɒkfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrɑkˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of various fishes frequenting rocky shores or seabeds; spec. (a) (frequently with distinguishing word) any of numerous fishes of the family Scorpaenidae, esp. of the Pacific coast of North America; cf. scorpion fish n. at scorpion n. Compounds 3; (b) chiefly U.S. any of various sea basses and groupers (family Serranidae); †(c) South African = klipfish n. 1 (obsolete); (d) U.S. the striped bass, Morone saxatilis; (e) New Zealand any of several fishes of the genus Acanthoclinus (family Plesiopidae). Cf. rock cod n. 2.quillback, red rockfish: see the first element.
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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun]
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white steenbras1801
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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > defined by habitat > that frequents rocks
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Roccus
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squid-hound1794
striped bass1818
sand perch1878
greenhead1884
striper1945
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Epinephelus (grouper)
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red grouper1822
kingklip1834
coney1884
redbelly1890
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > genus Percina > percina caprodes (log-perch)
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse)
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > sebastes or sebastichthys
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Jacob Evertsen1727
tambour1854
rasher1881
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corsair1884
tree-fish1888
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Gobioidei > family Gobiidae > member of genus Gobius > gobius niger (sea gudgeon)
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > member of family Zoarcidae (klipfish)
eel-poutOE
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rockfish1731
mutton-fish1736
klipfish1790
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > other edible fish
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tai1620
alewife1633
tug-whitingc1650
weakfish1686
ten-pounder1699
fire-flaira1705
tusk1707
porgy1725
katsuo1727
rockfish1731
tautog1750
sea bass1765
Albany beef1779
sable1810
Murray cod1843
paradise fish1858
spot1864
strawberry bass1867
nannygai1871
maomao1873
spotfish1875
strawberry perch1877
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flake1906
branzino1915
rascasse1921
lampuki1925
red fish1951
1605 J. Rosier True Relation Voy. G. Waymouth sig. B2 We got about thirty very good and great Lobsters, many Rockfish, some Plaise, and other small fishes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Canadelle, the smallest of rock-fishes, beautified with spots of sundry colours.
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 100 Also Rock-fishes, which are red intermixt with several other colours.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 91 The Rock-fish is called by Sea-men a Grooper.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 115 Pollock, Cavallos, Rock-Fish, Silver-Fish.
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. xx. 256 The Hottentots frequently take Abundance of a Sort of Fish, call'd Rock-Fish. These are Fish without Scales.
1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 9 These waters are stored with incredible quantities of fish, such as sheeps-heads, rock-fish, drums, white pearch.
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 30 Klip or rock-fish, the Blennius viviparus, makes no bad fry.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 223/1 The Striped Basse, or Rock-fish, as it is called, is very common along the coast of New York.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 211 The fishes most commonly brought into market in Guernsey are the rock-fish (wrasse or vraic-fish,..), and the conger.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 21 Closely allied to the Pike-Perches is the log-perch, P. caprodes, also known as the ‘Rock-fish’, and ‘Hog-fish’.
1950 M. J. Tweedy Bermuda Holiday vi. 61 Eminently respectable catches of marlin, tuna, rockfish and wahoo are frequent events.
1992 News Jrnl. (Wilmington, Delaware) 18 Aug. b1/1 Striped bass, also known as rockfish, typically reach a weight of 70 pounds.
1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage Rock-fish, a large, edible, deep-sea fish of the grouper family..; Mycteroperca venenosa.
2006 Ecol. Applic. 16 1503/1 Rockfishes (genus Sebastes) are a highly diverse group that has been fished heavily in recent decades on the U.S. Pacific coast.
2. † a. = klipfish n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > dried fish
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Digby1829
klipfish1835
Bombay duck1850
scale-fish1856
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rockfish1876
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1823 A. de Capell Brooke Trav. x. 246 There is also another manner of curing the fish at the Lofodens..by merely laying them on the rocks to dry, when they are called klip fisk, or rock fish.]
1876 Norwegian Spec. Catal. Internat. Exhib. Philadelphia App. 135 Some of the salters take the trouble to wash the cod before salting, whereby the rock-fish acquires a finer appearance and a better flavor.
1890 Cent. Dict. Rockfish... 2. A codfish split, washed, and dried on the rocks.
b. British. = rock salmon n. 2.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Scyliorhinus (rock-fish)
dogfishc1450
rough hound1602
morgya1667
robin huss1836
rock salmon1928
rockfish1934
rock eel1969
rock1977
1934 Times 1 Oct. 20/7 ‘Flake’ is suggested as the trade-name for various varieties of dog-fish, ‘rockfish’ for cat-fish, and ‘saithe’ for coal-fish.
1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 452/2 It [sc. the wolf fish, Anarhichas] is sold with the related species under the names rock salmon and rockfish.
2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 27 Feb. 63 Huss—previously known as dogfish..and called rockfish by Marks and Spencer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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