What is "nerka"

Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.)

1. The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback

2. . (b) The rosefish.

3. A large California labroid food fish ( Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.

4. The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.