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Pomatomus saitatrix
Bluefish Blue"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangid[ae], 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 Labrid[ae]. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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.

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- 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...
- 1810) Synonyms Pomatomus telescopus A. Risso, 1810 Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810 Pomatomus cuvieri Cocco, 1829 Pomatomus cuvierii Cocco, 1829...
- bluefish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bluefish is a type of fish (Pomatomus saltatrix). It may also refer to: New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea)...
- United States Navy have borne the name USS Bluefish, after the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). USS Bluefish (SS-222), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned...
- side to side. These teeth look very similar to those of the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. The king mackerel is a subtropical species of the Atlantic...
- It 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...
- Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, Centroberyx affinis Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), of which the smallest are often known as "snappers" Sebastes...
- Ascension wr****e, Thal****oma ascensionis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) Murray cod, Macculloc****a peelii peelii (Mitc****...
- an extinct bony fish almost identical in form to the living bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, differing in its dentition, which consisted of "thick, conical...
- †Carangopsis Pomatomus saltatrix...