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ˈamber-fish
[amber n.1]
A brightly coloured fish of the genus Seriola, found esp. in warm parts of the Atlantic.
1674J. Josselyn Two Voy. 107 The Sea-bream, Dorado, or Amber-fish, they follow ships..and are good meat. 1706Phillips New World of Words (ed. 6), Dorado..a Fish otherwise call'd the Sea-bream; or Amber-fish, the Head of which in the Water is Green, and the Body as Yellow as Gold. 1799A. Ellicott in C. V. Mathews Life & Lett. (1908) 186 A great abundance and variety of fish..such as..Amber-fish. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 232 The Amber-fish, Seriola carolinensis, is quite common off the West Florida coast. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 330/2 Not inferior to the kingfish for sport is the amber-fish, or ‘amberjack’. |