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 

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 

doncella \doncel"la\, n. sp., lit., a maid. cf. damsel.
   zool.
   a handsome fish of florida and the west indies platyglossus
   radiatus. the name is applied also to the ladyfish harpe
   rufa of the same region.
   1913 webster
see also:
damsel platyglossus radiatus harpe rufa