rockfish vs rose fish

rockfish

noun
  • A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world 

  • Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand 

  • A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America 

  • Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae 

  • Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family 

  • A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific 

  • Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species 

  • Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) 

  • A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch 

  • Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae 

  • Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific 

  • A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) 

  • Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific 

  • Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine 

  • A black person who does not know how to swim. 

rose fish

noun
  • A large marine food fish, Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. 

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