Jacopever, noun

/ˌjɑːkɔˈpɪəvə(r)//ˌdʒeɪkəˈpiːvə/
Forms:
Jacobever, JacobeeverShow more Also Jacobever, Jacobeever, Jakopewer, Jakopiver, and with small initial.
Origin:
Adaptation of Jacob Evertson; see quotation 1973.
Any of several edible marine fishes of the scorpionfish and seabream families, characterized by their pink or red colour.
Note:
In the case of the seabream (sense 2 below), only juveniles have this colouring.
1. Scorpionfishes (family Scorpaenidae): a. Helicolenus dactylopterus; Jacob Evertson sense 1 a; sancord sense a. b. Sebastes capensis; occasionally with defining word, false Jacopever; Bastard Jacob Evertson sense (a), see Jacob Evertson sense 3; Jacob Evertson sense 1 b. c. Trachyscorpia capensis; occasionally with defining word, spiny Jacopever; Jacob Evertson sense 1 c; sancord sense b.
Note:
In Smith and Heemstra’s Smith’s Sea Fishes (1986), the name ‘jacopever’ is used for Helicolenus dactylopterus, ‘false jacopever’ for Sebastes capensis, and ‘Cape scorpionfish’ for Trachyscorpia capensis.
1838 [see stumpnose sense 1].
1927 Annals of S. Afr. Museum XXI. 908Sebastichthys capensis (Gmel.) Jacob Evertson; Jacopever...Red shading to orange below; several silvery-white or pinkish irregular spots on sides.
1927 Annals of S. Afr. Museum XXI. 910Sebastosemus capensis...Spiny Jacopever.
1945 H. Gerber Fish Fare 45Jacopever, which is sometimes called Cape Red Fish or Red Jacob, is a small red fish with a large head, popping eyes and very large fins.
1973 Farmer’s Weekly 18 Apr. 102In the very early days of the Colony, the Dutch East India Company had as captain of one of its ships a certain Jacob Evert. When the local fishermen caught a fish with a red face, bulging eyes and thick lips they named it jacopever...The Ugly Men’s Club..in piscatorial society would elect the jacopever unanimously as its president.
1979 Snyman & Klarie Free from Sea 30Frans madame, Jacobever/dikoog/peuloog/grootogie...A member of the bream family and as the name implies, a most attractive small fish.
1986 Smith & Heemstra Smiths’ Sea Fishes 477Sebastes capensis...False jacopever.
2. The fransmadam, Boopsoidea inornata.
Any of several edible marine fishes of the scorpionfish and seabream families, characterized by their pink or red colour.
Helicolenus dactylopterus; Jacob Evertson sense 1 a; sancord sense a.
Sebastes capensis; occasionally with defining word, false Jacopever; Bastard Jacob Evertson sense (a), see Jacob Evertson sense 3; Jacob Evertson sense 1 b.
Trachyscorpia capensis; occasionally with defining word, spiny Jacopever; Jacob Evertson sense 1 c; sancord sense b.
The fransmadam, Boopsoidea inornata.
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