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Well-known name for "rock salmon", to a German? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hussein

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'well-known name' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'rock salmon to a german?' is the wordplay.
'rock salmon' becomes 'huss' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to a german?' becomes 'ein' ('a' in German).
'huss'+'ein'='HUSSEIN'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hussein that I've seen before include "Saddam?" , "King of Jordan, 1952-99" , "Ex-King of Jordan" , "Last Jordanian king" .)

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