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   Bluefish , n. (Zool.)
   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.
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   A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
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   ☞ The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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   { Pudding fish, Pudding wife }. [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zool.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish (Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano, doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
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   Sea bass. . (Zool.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
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