1. Small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
   "surffish are often caught by anglers fishing from piers along the California coast";
   - surfperch, surf fish
    
2. A fish of the Pacific coast of North America
   "surffish can often be caught from the beach";
   - yellowfin croaker, surf fish, Umbrina roncador

Derived forms: surf fish, surffishes

Type of: croaker, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: Embiotocidae, family Embiotocidae, genus Umbrina, Umbrina