Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blackfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, or 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.)
An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga
onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish},
{salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus
{Globicephalus}, of several species. The most common is
{G. melas}. Also sometimes applied to other whales of
larger size.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The tautog of New England ({Tautoga}).
3. (Zo["o]l.) The black sea bass ({Centropristis atrarius})
of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; --
locally called also {black Harry}.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus
pompilus}) of the Mackerel family.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blackfish
n 1: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North
America [syn: {tautog}, {Tautoga onitis}]
2: female salmon that has recently spawned
3: small dark-colored whaled of United States Atlantic coast;
the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
[syn: {pilot whale}, {black whale}, {common blackfish}, {Globicephala
melaena}]
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