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countable and uncountable, plural rockfish or rockfishes
(usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific examples
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand examples
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine examples
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific examples
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae examples
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family examples
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific examples
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America examples
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae examples
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species examples
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) examples
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch examples
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) examples
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim. quotations
Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river.
2010 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (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 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)
Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are
2017 October 7, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics (Usenet)