noun. An edible reddish wrasse (Lachnolaimus maximus) of the western Atlantic Ocean, having a long snout and long spines on the dorsal fin.

noun. Any of various wrasses of the genus Bodianus.

noun. A popular name of various fishes.

noun. The common porpoise or sea-pig, Phocœna communis.

noun. A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus).

noun. The pigfish or sailor's choice.

noun. An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.

noun. A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).

noun. An edible species of wrasse, found around southern Florida

noun. The pigfish or sailor's choice.

noun. An American freshwater fish, the log perch.

noun. A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).

noun. found from Long Island southward

noun. large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout

"Every hogfish and lamprey in American waters -- that's a near-fish that sucks the blood of other fish, you know -- should be exterminated just in the same way that the farmers of the country are making away with the Canada thistle."

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