Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]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.
       [1913 Webster]

	

	Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
   (Zool.)
   The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka),
   ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to
   Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon,
   redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

	

	redfish
     n 1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: rosefish, ocean perch]
     2: large edible fish found off coast of United States from
        Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass,
        Sciaenops ocellatus]
     3: male salmon that has recently spawned
     [also: redfishes (pl)]