Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes
       of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
       ruber}). They are among the most important of California
       market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
   (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
   (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
       groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
   (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.

   Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.