porkfish

 [pawrk-fish, pohrk-]  

pork·fish

   [pawrk-fish, pohrk-]
noun, plural pork·fish·es, (especially collectively) pork·fish.
a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
Origin:
1725–35, Americanism; pork + fish
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porkfish

noun
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil 
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