Rockfish
What is Rockfish?
The term “rockfish” when used in reference to fish can be assembling. Depending on territorial dialect, the word can refer to any species of fish which lives in rocks, such as sculpins, or it can be used in a discussion of the specific genus Sebastes, which is native to Pacific waters. Along the Eastern seaboard, the fish is wide known as rockfish, and it is prized as a sport fish. Since 1965, the rockfish has been the official state fish of Maryland, an area in which the rockfish has been historically abundant. The fish is well known and considered for being wily and strong.
Members of the order Scorpaeniforms are sometimes referred as rockfish. These fish all posses’ rayed fins and they are often bright patterned and very bold, conceiving the small size of many individual species. Along the Eastern seaboard of the United States, it is safe to assume that a “rockfish” is a striped bass, but this is not necessarily the case in other regions. Especially if rockfish is on the menu, clarification is vital, since Scorpaeniforms tend to be rather bony, although their flesh can be quite flavorful.
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