Definition of "redfish" [red•fish]

• Any of several fishes that are reddish in color, as the red drum and the rosefish. (noun)

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• "Red drum that weighs less than ten pounds and is less than three years old is called redfish or puppy drum."
• "Gregg Arnold, a local guide based in New Orleans who has caught several state and IGFA world record redfish from the Biloxi Marsh, about an hour’s drive from the city in St. Bernard Parish."
• "It is also called redfish, channel bass, drum, and spot-tail, one of a big family of fish whose best-known members include black drum, croaker, kingfish, saltwater silver perch, white sea bass, and weakfish."