sail-fishn.
/ˈseɪlfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ/ A name applied to various fishes having a large dorsal fin: in the British Isles to the Basking shark, Selachus maximus; in the U.S. to species of Histiophorus, Xiphias, and Carpiodes.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Cetorhinidae (basking shark)
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Istiophoridae (sailfish)
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > member of genus Carpiodes
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1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 158 (margin) The Sayle-Fish.
1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 356 The sail-fish, or, as it is called by the Scottish fishermen, the basking shark, frequently appears here [i.e. in the Northern Sea] in May or June.
1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. ii. 24 Histiophorus, called..by the Dutch Zeyl-fish, or ‘Sail-fish’, because it is said that it raises the dorsal fin like a fan and employs it as a sail.]
1879 G. B. Goode Catal. Coll. Animal Resources & Fisheries U.S.: Internat. Exhib. 1876 (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 14) 39 Histiophorus americanus... Sail-fish.
1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 190 Sail-fish. Carpiodes. N. America.
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