rockfish

plural rockfishes · alternative rock-fish

1. Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   1. countableuncountableA fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
   2. countableuncountableSebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   3. countableuncountableAcanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   4. countableuncountableScyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   5. countableuncountableHexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   6. countableuncountableHypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   7. countableuncountableSalvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   8. countableuncountableA stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   9. countableuncountableA striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
   10. countableuncountableCertain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
   11. countableuncountableCertain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
   12. countableuncountableMyliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
   13. countableuncountableA logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
   14. countableuncountableA long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
2. InternetUScountablederogatoryethnicsluruncountableA black person who does not know how to swim.

   Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are

   2017 October 7, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics (Usenet)

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   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 August 20, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet)

   Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond

   2017 February 6, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)