rockfish

noun

rock·​fish ˈräk-ˌfish 

: any of various fishes that live among rocks or on rocky bottoms: such as

a

: any of a genus (Sebastes) of scorpaenid fishes including many important food fishes

b

: striped bass

c

: any of several groupers

Illustration of rockfish

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Examples of rockfish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu changes based on the season and catch, but expect tacos stuffed with shrimp, Hokkaido diver scallops, vermilion rockfish, octopus and kanpachi. —Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 28 May 2026

This combo box includes rockfish, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, pollock, Pacific halibut, and Pacific cod. —Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 5 May 2026

From behind the nine-seat bar, a dry-aging refrigerator holds whole rockfish, massive tuna heads and bottarga. —Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

Over time, the stew evolved to an unctuous base made of rockfish, herbs, potatoes and tomatoes combined with fish stock, ground with a food mill and strained. —Georgeanne Brennan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rockfish

• bluefish
• catfish
• codfish
• crawfish
• dogfish
• finfish
• flatfish
• goldfish
• groundfish
• kingfish
• offish
• redfish