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Webster 1913 Edition

Redfish

Red′fishˊ

(rĕd′fĭshˊ)

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; – called also

nerka

. See

(b)

.

(b)

The rosefish.

(c)

A large California labroid food fish (

Trochocopus pulcher

); – called also

fathead

.

(d)

The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under

.

Definition 2024

redfish

redfish

English

Noun

redfish ‎(plural redfish or redfishes)

Any of several fish with red skin or flesh
1. Sebastes spp., the edible red rockfish
  1. especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.
2. A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.
3. Lutjanus spp., snappers.
4. Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai
5. Etelis oculatus, queen snapper
6. Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper
7. A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae
8. Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon)

Translations

Sebastes norvegica

Dutch: roodbaars (nl)
Faroese: kongafiskur m
German: Rotbarsch (de) m

Greek: κοκκινόψαρο n ‎(kokkinópsaro)

See also