Pinfish

noun

1. Any of several small spiny-finned marine fishes of the family Sparidae, especially Lagodon rhomboides of North America, found in coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
2. A sparoid fish, Lagodon rhomboides, related to the scup and sheeps-head, common along the southern coast of the United States.
3. A sparoid fish, Diplodus holbrooki, like the Lagodon rhomboides, but with entire teeth.
4. A small sunfish of the United States, as the copper-nosed bream, Lepomis pallidus.
5. The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon rhomboides).