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surf fish

Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid[ae]. -- n. One of a family of fishes ( Embiotocid[ae]) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fish and viviparous fish. See Illust. in Appendix.

WordNet
surf fish

  1. n. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: yellowfin croaker, surffish, Umbrina roncador]

  2. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: surfperch, surffish]