sea perch

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

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

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

Snake stars draped over black coral, and sea perch lay camouflaged on the reef.

From Washington Post

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

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