any of various fishes that live among rocks, esp scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastodes and related genera, such as S. caurinus (copper rockfish) of North American Pacific coastal waters
2. British
any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish
Formerly called: rock salmon
rockfish in American English
(ˈrɑkˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈrockˌfish or ˈrockˌfishes
any of various fishes of rocky coastal areas, as the striped bass, various groupers, and various scorpaenids (genus Sebastes)