rockfish

Etymology

From rock + fish.

noun

1. (usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically:
   1. A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
      1. Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
   2. Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
   3. Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
   4. Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
   5. Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
   6. Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
   7. A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
   8. A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
   9. Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
   10. Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
   11. Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
   12. A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
   13. A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
2. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
   Yet another Rockfish goes under. ¶ Young Deejion was playin some hoop with some homies by da riva, wen de backetbaw fell in da river. August 20, 2010, Jesse, “Blacks & common sense”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet)
   Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade. Three nigger "teens" reportedly drowned when the stolen car they were driving careened into a pond ... February 6, 2017, Rick Mathers, “Three nigger teenaper sows join rockfish parade”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)
   Everyone knows niggers don't surf, they sink -- like the rockfish they are October 7, 2017, Byker, “TNB: All I'm seeing is 100% negro”, in can.politics (Usenet)