surf fish

English Thesaurus

1. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	percoid, percoid fish, percoidean,
definition	:	any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	hipsurus caryi, rainbow perch, rainbow seaperch,
definition	:	Pacific coast fish (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	embiotocidae, family embiotocidae,
definition	:	viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes (noun.animal)

2. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	croaker,
definition	:	any of several fishes that make a croaking noise (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus umbrina, umbrina,
definition	:	croakers (noun.animal)