sea perch

British  

noun

1. any of various marine serranid fishes, such as the bass and stone bass, that have an elongated body with a very spiny dorsal fin and occur in all except polar seas

2. another name for surfperch

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Example Sentences

Fish vary in their omega-3 levels and generally the fishier they taste the more omega-3 fats they have — such as tuna, salmon, deep sea perch, trevally, mackeral and snook.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2023

But fishing can be lower-key, too, with crabbing right off the boat basin’s fishing piers and docks, jetty fishing for rockfish and surf fishing for sea perch.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

He has his seafood shipped in from Japan, including seasonal treats like black-throat sea perch and tiny white shrimp called shiro-ebi.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2018

Exhibits B and C: a flash-cold-smoked sea perch sashimi, and a bagna cauda, both served at the same restaurant.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016

And he hauled it up, and it was a mighty sea perch.

From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)