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1. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America

2. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

/serrf"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) surffish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) surffishes.

1. surfperch.

2. any of several sciaenoid fishes, as Umbrina roncador, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.

3. See surf smelt.

[1880-85, Amer.; SURF + FISH]

surfˈfish noun

Any fish of a W American viviparous perchoid family, Embiotocidae, that inhabit coastal waters (also called surfperch)

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