Rockfish is a common term for several species of fish, referring to their tendency to hide among rocks.

The name rockfish is used for many kinds of fish used for food.^[1] This common name belongs to several groups that are not closely related, and can be arbitrary.^[2]

Specific examples of fish termed rockfish include:

• The family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world. They may be included in the family Scorpaenidae.^[3]
  • Sebastes,^[4] a commercially important genus of fish in the Sebastidae inhabiting mainly the North Pacific, but with a few species in the North Atlantic and southern oceans
• Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
• Bull huss or bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
• Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
• Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
• Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
• The stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
• Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
• Groupers, fish in the subfamily Epinephelinae
• Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as the Madeira rockfish (S. maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
• Myliobatis goodei, which is sometimes called "rockfish"

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