pinfish (pinfish)

1. A sparoid fish, Lago don rhomboides, related to the scup and sheepshead, common along the southern coast of the United States. The body is elliptic-ovate and compre ed, the head is pointed, the upper molars are in two rows, the incisors are broad and emarginated at the apex, and there is a pre cumbent spine in front of the dorsal fin. The color is olive, with silvery sides, six dark vertical bars, a large dark blotch over the pectoral fin, and faint blue and golden stripes on the sides. Also locally called chop a spina, bream, robin, sailors' choice, and squirrel - fish. See cut under Lagodon. 2. A sparoid fish, Diplodus holbrooki, like the Lagodon rhomboides, but with entire teeth.-3. A small sunfish of the United States, as the copper-nosed bream, Lepomis pallid us.