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. This common name belongs to several groups that are not closely related, and can be arbitrary. 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 The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venom ...

. ** '' Sebastes'',Rockfish (''Sebastes'' spp.).
Monterey Bay Aquarium. 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 The nursehound (''Scyliorhinus stellaris''), also known as the large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish or bull huss, is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is general ...

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 ''Hypoplectrodes'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Anthiinae subfamily, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It contains eight species; six of which are endemic to Australia, with one species endemic ...

'', a genus of fish in the family Serranidae * '' Salvelinus'', a genus of fish in the

salmon family Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family (biology), family Salmonidae, which are native to tributary, tributaries of the ...

* The

stonefishes Synanceiinae is a subfamily of venomous ray-finned fishes, waspfishes, which is classified as part of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. They are primarily marine, ...

(genus ''Synanceia''), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific *

Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...

(''Morone saxatilis''), a species of fish from North America * Groupers, fish in the subfamily Epinephelinae * Certain fish of genus ''

Scorpaena ''Scorpaena'' is a widespread genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. Taxonomy ''Scorpaena'' was first described as a genus in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th Edition of his ''Systema Naturae ...

'', such as the Madeira rockfish (''S. maderensis''), a common Mediterranean species * ''

Myliobatis goodei The Southern eagle ray (''Myliobatis goodei''), sometimes known as the Southern eagle fish or the rockfish, is a ray species in the family Myliobatidae. It lives in waters just off of the Atlantic coast, from the tip of Florida down to Argentina ...

'', which is sometimes called "rockfish"

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