• (n.) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish. • (n.) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pigfish/
(from the article `grunt`) ...(H. flavolineatum), a yellow-striped, silvery blue Atlantic species about 30 cm (12 inches) long; the margate (H. album), a usually pearl gray ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/67
Pig'fish` noun (Zoology) (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish . (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/86