'Redfish' definitions:

Definition of 'redfish'

noun

North Atlantic rockfish [syn: redfish, rosefish, ocean perch]

noun

Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus]

noun

Male salmon that has recently spawned

From: GCIDE

Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); -- called also fathead. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zool.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]