orange roughy

orange roughy
orange roughy [ruf′ē]
n.
pl. roughy orange roughy
a bright reddish-orange food fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus) of an order (Beryciformes, family Trachichthyidae) of deep-sea bony fishes with primitive bony rays

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