Antarctic toothfish

noun

: a large brownish toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) occurring in the Southern Ocean and sometimes caught commercially for food

Like its Patagonian relative, the Antarctic toothfish … is commonly known as Chilean sea bass. Popular for their mild, fatty flesh, the slow-maturing toothfish are inherently vulnerable to overfishing.

—Erik Stokstad

called also Chilean sea bass

compare patagonian toothfish

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Antarctic toothfish

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