On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 9:38:09 AM UTC-8, ImStillMags wrote:

> Evidently about 60% of the fish we buy is mislabeled as to what it really is.
> Red Snapper, for instance.
>
> http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...209-story.html

The LA Times was bleeting about this 30 years ago. The various rock cods
found along the coast north of Pt. Concepcion tend to be lumped together
under the term red snapper, even though they are no relation to that tropical
fish.

I would refer to these under the more accepted term, "rock fish," except
that that term is used in and around DC to refer to the much more delicate
and delicious striped bass.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-..._1_red-snapper

There are common names for various fish depending on where you happen to
be.