wreckfish

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noun

Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.

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Meanings

nounwreckfish (plural wreckfishes or wreckfish)

plural wreckfishes

  1. Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbrown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks

Similar
stone bassPolyprion americanus
Broader
sea bass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From wreck + fish, since it often comes in with wreckage.

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Translations

Finnish hylkyahven
  • hylkyahvenperciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae
German Wrackbarsche
  • Wrackbarscheperciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae
Portuguese cherne
  • cherneperciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae
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APA

wreckfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreckfish

MLA

“wreckfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreckfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wreckfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreckfish.

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