rockfish UK /ˈɹɒk.fɪʃ/US /ˈɹɑk.fɪʃ/noun 16forms 1 noun16 •Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks. •A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world •Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific •Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand •Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine •Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific •Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae •Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family •A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific •A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America •Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae •Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species •Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) •A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch •A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) •(US, offensive) A black person who does not know how to swim.Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river. — 2010 formsrockfishes