From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Redfish \Red"fish'\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh'), noun (Zo["o]l.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also {nerka}. See {Blueback} (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); -- called also {fathead}. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under {Drumfish}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nerka \Ner"ka\, noun [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo["o]l.) The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka}), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also {red salmon}, {redfish}, {blueback}, and {sawqui}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: {rosefish}, {ocean perch}]
2: large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: {red drum}, {channel bass}, {Sciaenops ocellatus}]
3: male salmon that has recently spawned [also: {redfishes} (pl)]
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