rockfish

English

A rockfish or striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

A rockfish, logperch or common logfish (Percina caprodes).

A rockfish or long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis).

A rockfish of the genus Sebastes (Sebastes nebulosus)

Alternative forms

• rock-fish

Etymology

From rock +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkfɪʃ

Noun

rockfish (countable and uncountable, plural rockfish or rockfishes)

1. Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   1. A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
      1. Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   2. Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   3. Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   4. Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   5. Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   6. Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   7. A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   8. A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
   9. Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
   10. Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
   11. Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
   12. A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
   13. A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
2. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
   • 2010 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.

   • 2017 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond ...

   • 2017 October 7, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are

Derived terms

• gopher rockfish

Translations

fish of the genus Sebastes

• Dutch: roodbaars (nl) m
• Finnish: Sebastes-suvun laji
• French: sébaste (fr)
• German: Rotbarsch (de)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: cantarilho (pt) m, rascasso (pt) m
• Russian: морско́й о́кунь m (morskój ókunʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

rock salmon — see rock salmon

stonefish — see stonefish

Morone saxatilis — see striped bass

Percina caprodes — see logperch

Taurulus bubalis — see long-spined bullhead

References

• “rockfish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• rockfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• frockish