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wreckfish

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wreckfish [ˈrɛkˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for stone bass
[so called because it is often found near wrecked ships]
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Noun1.wreckfish - brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
Polyprion americanus, stone bass
sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
genus Polyprion, Polyprion - wreckfish
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