Any of various fishes frequenting rocky shores or seabeds; spec. (a) (frequently with distinguishing word) any of numerous fishes of the family Sc…

Any of various marine fishes with a tail that is partly or entirely yellow.

Any of several marine food fishes distinguished by reddish skin and large eyes, esp. Sebastichthys capensis.

(Also tambor.) A fish which makes a drumming noise, or which resembles a drum in form; as a fish of the genus Pogonias, a drum-fish; a globe-fish…

The vermilion rockfish, Sebastes miniatus (family Scorpaenidae), a large red and grey game fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.

U.S. regional. Any of various scorpaenid or sciaenid fishes found in shallow coastal waters, as (in California) the white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus…

A scorpænoid fish of the Californian coast, Sebastomus rosaceus. U.S.

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