wreckfish

US: (rek′fish′)

Inflections of 'wreckfish' (n):

wreckfishes

npl (All usages)

wreckfish

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Wreckfish get their name because they are often found in groups near shipwrecks.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wreck•fish  (rek′fish′), n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish. 

1. Fish a large brown fish, Polyprion americanus, of the sea bass family, inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean, often occurring in groups near wrecks. Also called stone bass. 

• wreck + -fish 1875–80