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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sea bass \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.
       1913 webster
see also:
serranus atrarius centropristis atrarius blue bass black sea bass blackfish bluefish 
black perch cynoscion nobile white sea bass sea salmon 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pudding fish \pud"ding fish\, pudding wife \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.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
iridio radiatus platyglossus radiatus pudiano doncella bluefish 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bluefish \blue"fish`\, n. zool.
   1. a large voracious fish pomatomus saitatrix, of the
      family carangidae, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a west indian fish platyglossus radiatus, of the
      family labridae.
      1913 webster

   note: the name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
         as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
         1913 webster
see also:
pomatomus saitatrix carangidae horse mackerel saltwater tailor skipjack platyglossus radiatus 
labridae 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bluefish
     n 1: bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow
          schools of small fishes into shallow waters syn: pomatomus
          saltatrix
     2: fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
     also: bluefishes pl
see also:
pomatomus saltatrix bluefishes 

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