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scup

scup [ skup ] (plural scups or scup)


noun 
Definition:
 
food fish of Atlantic coast: a fish of the porgy family. Native to: eastern Atlantic coast of the United States.  Latin name Stenotomus chrysops.

[19th century. < Narraganset mishcup "big and close together"; because of the shape of the fish's scales]
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