(n) marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone, Syn. Roccus saxatilis, striper, rockfish
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n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (Sebastichthys ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa. (b) The striped bass. See Bass. (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus. (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term is locally applied to various other fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
[めぬけ;メヌケ, menuke ; menuke] (n) (1) (uk) any large, red, deep-water scorpionfish with big eyes; (2) (See 赤魚鯛・1) Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)