redfish

noun (plural same or redfishes)

• 1a bright red edible marine fish, in particular:

  • a North Atlantic rockfish (genus Sebastes, family Scorpaenidae, in particular the commercially important S. marinus). the red drum of the western Atlantic, popular as a game fish (Sciaenops ocellatus, family Sciaenidae). a bottom-dwelling Australian fish (Centroberyx affinis, family Berycidae).Also called nannygai

• 2British a male salmon in the spawning season.