bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix
(noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
bluefish
(noun) fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bluefish (countable and uncountable, plural bluefishes or bluefish)
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
• (Pomatomus saltatrix): tailor
• (Kyphosus vaigiensis): golden, brassy, lowfin, blue-bronze chub, yellow chub, lowfin drummer
Source: Wiktionary
Blue"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
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