saltwater fish

Other forms: saltwater fishes

Definitions of saltwater fish

1. noun

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food
   types:

   bream, sea bream

   flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

   bass, sea bass

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

   grouper

   flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass

   croaker

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.

   whiting

   flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

   whiting

   flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

   cusk

   the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters

   dolphinfish, mahimahi

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)

   monkfish

   flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America

   tuna, tuna fish, tunny

   important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

   mackerel

   flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

   pompano

   flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish

   blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab

   delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

   herring

   valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

   kingfish

   the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

   lingcod

   the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States

   bluefish

   fatty bluish flesh of bluefish

   swordfish

   flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

   butterfish

   any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin

   cod, codfish

   lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

   pollack, pollock

   lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

   porgy, scup

   lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States

   scup

   flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States

   flatfish

   sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

   rockfish

   the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks

   sailfish

   a saltwater fish with lean flesh

   weakfish

   lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States

   pilchard, sardine

   small fatty fish usually canned

   snapper

   flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

   red rockfish

   red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast

   striped bass, striper

   caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

   albacore

   tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna

   bonito

   flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

   bluefin, bluefin tuna

   flesh of very large tuna

   Spanish mackerel

   flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America

   fugu

   a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous

   kipper, kippered herring

   salted and smoked herring

   bloater

   large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked

   pickled herring

   herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)

   salt cod

   codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes

   flounder

   flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

   fillet of sole, sole

   lean flesh of any of several flatfish

   halibut

   lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

   ocean perch, redfish, rosefish

   North Atlantic rockfish

   red snapper

   highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

   red herring, smoked herring

   a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

   brisling, sprat

   small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

   whitebait

   minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

   smoked mackerel

   mackerel cured by smoking

   type of:

   seafood

   edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc