ocean perch

noun

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of ocean perch

: any of several marine scorpaenid food fishes (genus Sebastes):

a : redfish a; also : a related food fish (S. fasciatus)

b : one (S. alutus) abundant in the northeastern Pacific from Japan to the Bering Sea to southern California

Recent Examples of ocean perch from the Web

Prices are $8 for pollock, $9 for ocean perch, $11 for shrimp and $11 for a mixed plate (pollock, perch and shrimp).

— Post-Tribune, "Church news," 16 Mar. 2018
Prices are $8 for pollock, $9 for ocean perch, $11 for shrimp and $11 for mixed plate (pollock, perch and shrimp).

— Post-Tribune, "Church news," 9 Mar. 2018
Prices are $8 for pollock, $9 for ocean perch, $11 for shrimp and $11 for mixed plate (pollock, perch and shrimp).

— Post-Tribune, "Church news," 9 Mar. 2018
Prices are $8 for pollock, $9 for ocean perch, $11 for shrimp and $11 for mixed plate (pollock, perch and shrimp).

— Post-Tribune, "Church news," 23 Feb. 2018
The ground-floor Marshall Restaurant + Bar serves simple but well-prepared seafood dishes such as ocean perch crudo topped with citrus and capers.

— cynthia rosenfeld, New York Times, "A Guide to Reykjavik, as Wonderfully Weird as Ever," 12 Sep. 2017
The ground-floor Marshall Restaurant Bar serves simple but well-prepared seafood dishes such as ocean perch crudo topped with citrus and capers.

— cynthia rosenfeld, New York Times, "A Guide to Reykjavik, as Wonderfully Weird as Ever," 12 Sep. 2017

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