[rok-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any of various fishes found about rocks. |
| 2. | striped bass. |
| 3. | any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes. |
| 4. | scorpionfish. |
[skawr-pee-uhn-fish] ) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, esp. members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines. |
| rock·fish (rŏk'fĭsh') n. pl. rockfish or rock·fish·es
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| striped bass (bās) n. A North American food and game fish (Morone saxatilis) chiefly of coastal waters, having dark longitudinal stripes along its sides. Striped bass, which swim up rivers to spawn, are occasionally found in landlocked bodies of water. Also called rockfish, striper. |