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pigfish
[pig-fish]
noun
plural
pigfishes ,plural
pigfish .a grunt, Orthopristis chrysoptera, living in waters off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States.
pigfish
/ ˈɪɡˌɪʃ /
noun
Also called: hogfish.any of several grunts, esp Orthopristis chrysopterus, of the North American Atlantic coast
any of several wrasses, such as Achoerodus gouldii ( giant pigfish ), that occur around the Great Barrier Reef
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NOAA's Randall Kosaki, the expedition's chief scientist, said the team collected the first specimens of male Hawaiian pigfish about 300 feet below the surface.
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Dolphins, rock-cod, pigfish, and blackfish may be caught as quickly as they can be hauled out.
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