单词 | scombroid fish |
释义 | scombroid fish (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper scombroid mackerel any of various fishes of the family Scombridae tuna, tunnyany very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters bonitoany of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack, skipjack tunaoceanic 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 bonitofish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna Xiphias gladius, swordfishlarge 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 sailfishlarge pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail billfishgiant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw Luvarus imperialis, louvarlarge silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton squaretailsluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters Scomber scombrus, common mackerel, shinerimportant food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales Scomber colias, Spanish mackerelmedium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Scomber japonicus, chub mackerel, tinkersmall mackerel found nearly worldwide Acanthocybium solandri, wahoolarge fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide Spanish mackerelany of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus Thunnus alalunga, albacore, long-fin tunnylarge 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 mackerellargest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tunamay reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda, skipjackmedium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna Chile bonito, Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensiscommon bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicansa kind of sailfish marlinlarge long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes spearfishany 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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