troutperch

[ trout-purch ]

noun,plural trout·perch·es, (especially collectively) trout·perch.
  1. a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.

Origin of troutperch

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; trout + perch2

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