Groundfish

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  groundfish \ground"fish\ (ground"f[i^]sh), n. sing. & pl.
     Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially
     important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like
     flounder.
  
     Syn: bottom fish.


          [WordNet 1.5] groundhog

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groundfish
       n : fish that live on the sea bottom especially commercially
           important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish
           like flounder [syn: {bottom fish}]