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bocaccio

bocaccio

9.9
A large sea fish that lives off the Pacific coast of North America
  • noun
  • /bəˈkɑːtʃoʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bocaccio
  • The bocaccio is a large rockfish commonly found in the Pacific Ocean near California.
  • bocaccio rockfish
  • bocaccio catch

Examples

  • Deepwater species decreased in mean length from 1977 to 1980, as young bocaccio and chilipepper recruited to the fishery, but then increased in length to a maximum in 1982-83.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The larger deepwater species (bocaccio and chilipepper) are harvested mostly by the commercial fisheries.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The mean length of bocaccio dropped dramatically from its largest mean in 1983 to its smallest just 2 years later.

    Academic text (1998)
  • CPFV took no more than 18% of chilipepper and 27% of bocaccio in any year.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The relative importance has shifted from mostly bocaccio before 1984 to mostly chili pepper after 1990.

    Academic text (1998)
  • From 1980 to 1994, chilipepper and bocaccio have dropped from 80% to 54% of the rockfish catch.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Chilipepper and bocaccio have dominated commercial rockfish landings in Monterey Bay for more than 100 years.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The species is caught incidentally to targeted deepwater species such as chilipepper and bocaccio, and the mean length was the second smallest of the ten most abundant species in the catch.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Fish larger than the size of maturity of 50% of females (48 cm) have constituted 41% of the bocaccio catch since 1984, but before that they contributed 65%.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The catch included chilipepper, bocaccio, and widow rockfish from deep water, yellowtail rockfish from intermediate depths, and blue rockfish from shallow water.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

rockfish
vsbocaccio
  • US
3 7.4

A fish that lives among rocks along northern coasts and is eaten

is a large, regionally Pacific species rather than the general rocky coastal fish
Sebastes
vsbocaccio
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of sea fish that live mainly in the North Pacific and are called rockfish

is a large species in that genus on the Pacific coast of North America

Surface Forms

bocaccio singular
bocaccios plural

Etymology

Bocaccio comes from Italian and is likely linked to bocca 'mouth', because this rockfish has a large mouth; that image helps explain the name for the fish you catch along the Pacific coast.