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单词 scombroid fish
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scombroid fish
(extremely rare)
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scombroid fish
n important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
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scombroid
mackerel
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
tuna, tunny
any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
bonito
any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack, skipjack tuna
oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
Katsuwonus pelamis, bonito, oceanic bonito
fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
Xiphias gladius, swordfish
large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
sailfish
large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
billfish
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
Luvarus imperialis, louvar
large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
squaretail
sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
Scomber scombrus, common mackerel, shiner
important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
Scomber colias, Spanish mackerel
medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Scomber japonicus, chub mackerel, tinker
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo
large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
Spanish mackerel
any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
Thunnus alalunga, albacore, long-fin tunny
large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel
largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna
may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda, skipjack
medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Chile bonito, Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis
common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans
a kind of sailfish
marlin
large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
spearfish
any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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