sea perch

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A percoideous fish, Labrax lupus, or some species of that genus; a sea-dace; a bass. Its spines, especially the dorsal spines, are strong and sharp, and the gill-covers are edged with projecting teeth that cut like lancets, so that if grasped carelessly it inflicts severe wounds. It is voracious in its habits. See cut under Labrax.
2. n. A serranoid fish of the genus Serranus; any serranoid.
3. n. The redfish or rose-fish, Sebastes viviparus or marinus. See cut under Sebastes.
4. n. Same as cunner.
5. n. In New Zealand: A scorpænoid fish, Sebastapistes cottoides.
6. n. A labroid fish, Pseudolabrus celidotus.
7. n. In Australia, Latris antarcticus, a fish of the family Cirrhitidæ.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. The European bass (Roccus lupus syn. Labrax lupus); -- called also sea dace.
2. The cunner.
3. The sea bass.
4. The name is applied also to other species of fishes.