Ca*bril"la (?), n. [Sp., prawn.] Zool

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.

 

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