Red"fish` (r&ecr;d"f&icr;sh`), n. Zool. (a)
The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback.
(b). (b)
The rosefish.
(c)
A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
(d)
The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
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