different between redfish vs fathead

English

Etymology

red +? fish

Noun

redfish (plural redfish or redfishes)

1. Any of several fish with red skin or flesh.
   1. Sebastes spp., the edible red rockfish.
      1. especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch.
   2. A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum.
   3. Lutjanus spp., snappers.
   4. Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai.
   5. Etelis oculatus, queen snapper.
   6. Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper.
   7. A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae.
   8. Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.

Derived terms

• Acadian redfish, Atlantic redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)
• deep-water redfish (Sebastes mentella)
• Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)

Translations

See also

• channel bass
• red drum
• rosefish
• ocean perch
• rose fish
• Redfish Lake

English

Etymology

fat +? head

Noun

fathead (plural fatheads)

1. (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.

2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

Synonyms

• (derogatory): dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see also Thesaurus:idiot

Antonyms

• (derogatory): genius

Translations