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Beau-gregory|bəʊˈgrɛgərɪ| Also Beau Gregory, Beau Gregoire |bəʊgrɪˈgwɑː(r)|. [Etym. unknown.] A brightly coloured fish (Eupomacentrus leucostictus) of the family Pomacentridæ, found in Florida and the West Indies; the cockeye pilot.
1847R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados iii. 674 Pomacentrus leucostictus, Müll. et Tr. nov. spec... Black Pilot. Beau Gregory... In the younger specimens the white dots are much more distinct, and this may have induced the fishermen to give them the name of Beau Gregory; the full-grown specimen is called Black Pilot. 1929C. M. Breder Field Bk. Marine Fishes 199 Beau-gregory occurs in the West Indies north to Florida. 1930D. S. Jordan et al. Check List of Fishes of N. & Middle Amer. 413 Cockeye pilot; Beau Gregoire; Black pilot. West Indies to Snapper Banks, West Florida. 1933Beebe & Tee-Van Shore Fishes of Bermuda 191 Yellow Belly; Beau Gregory. |