• (n.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish.
Gar·ru'pa noun [ Prob. from Portuguese garupa crupper. Confer Grouper the fish.] (Zoology) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys ; -- called also rockfish . See Rockfish .