channel bass vs cochineal

channel bass

• Sciaenops ocellatus, a large red edible fish. 

cochineal

• A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). 

• A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. 

• The vivid red color of this dye. 

• cochineal 

• Possessing a vivid red color, as produced from dying with cochineal.