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redfish 
1 n. a dwarf landlocked salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, native to southern British Columbia.
See also: kokanee
- 1888 (1890) In some of the small streams which flow into the Kootenay Lake, is found what the miners call red fish they are from 3 to 6 inches long, rather flat and very good food.
- 1958 In addition . . . there were the little speckled trout, known as "redfish," for which we whipped the mountain torrents.
- 1964 Officials . . . say the fish being transplanted from British Columbia . . . is known as the kokanee, the kickaninny, the silverfish, or the redfish, depending on where you're fishing for it, and at what time of year.
2 n. a large rose-colored food fish of the genus Scorpaenidae, common in the waters of the East Coast; ocean perch.
- 1954 Newfoundland east coast redfish vessels have concentrated on the larger redfish of the eastern edge of the Grand Bank.
- 1963 Two fish stories this week, the first about redfish. If you're eating these anywhere but Newfoundland, you probably call them ocean perch.
- 1888 (1890) In some of the small streams which flow into the Kootenay Lake, is found what the miners call red fish they are from 3 to 6 inches long, rather flat and very good food.