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Definition of Pomatomus saltatrix

Pomatomus saltatrix
Whitefish White"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass. (b) The menhaden. (c) The beluga, or white whale. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as the silver salmon, the whiting (a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Pomatomus saltatrix
Houndfish Hound"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is S. catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.

Meaning of Pomatomus saltatrix from wikipedia

- The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate...
- was their only ship to be named for the chopper, a common name for Pomatomus saltatrix, an aggressive game fish. She was in commission from 1945 to 1969...
- to side. These teeth look very similar to those of the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. The king mackerel is a subtropical species of the Atlantic Coast...
- States Navy have borne the name USS Bluefish, after the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). USS Bluefish (SS-222), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned...
- †Carangopsis Pomatomus saltatrix...
- aspects of the activity rhythms of tautog, Tautoga onitis, Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, and Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, as related to their life...
- perch Native  Bulgaria,  Ukraine Data deficient Family: Pomatomidae Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) Bluefish Native  Bulgaria,  Georgia,  Romania,  Russia...
- (Paralichthys dentatus), striped b**** (Morone saxatilis), bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), little skate (Leucoraja erinacea)...
- Pomatomus saltatrix (Pomatomidae) collected at Newport off Rhode Island, United States. It was redescribed by Lebedev et al., (1969) from Pomatomus saltatrix...
- aurea, Anchoa marinii, Lycengraulis grossidens, Engraulis anchoita, Pomatomus saltatrix, Mugil cephalus, Fundulus hetero****us, Anchoa mitchilli and Odontesthes...