red gurnard
noun
1The gurnard Aspitrigla cuculus, which is a deep red colour and is found in the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
2 Australian and NZ the blue-fin gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu, an edible Indo-Pacific fish which is reddish or brownish above and white below.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Willughby (1635–1672), naturalist.