orange roughy

/ ˈrʌfɪ /

noun

1. a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters

Example Sentences

He taught me how to cook escargot, orange roughy with almonds with lemon butter sauce with white wine.

From Seattle Times

We had orange roughy, that was a fish that takes 25 years to become like this.

From Salon

A familiar example is “slimehead,” which became a hit with consumers after its market moniker was switched to “orange roughy.”

From Seattle Times

National Marine Fisheries Service rechristened “slimehead” as “orange roughy” in the late 1970s, demand for the deep-sea dweller rose so sharply that some stocks were depleted.

From Seattle Times

In the late 1990s, Australian scientists documented devastation from nets dragged across seamounts near Tasmania to catch orange roughy.

From Science Magazine