kingfish
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
- Other Atlantic fish: opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
- Other Atlantic fish: white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
- Other Atlantic fish: wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
- Other Atlantic fish: king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific: narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific: Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific: yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific: silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
- Fish of genus Caranx: crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
- Fish of genus Caranx: giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
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