Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bluefish"
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)
Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
({Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus}) of Florida, Bermuda,
and the West Indies. Called also {pudiano}, {doncella}, and,
at Bermuda, {bluefish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
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