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ˈjew-fish
[app. f. Jew n. + fish: as to origin of name, see quot. 1697.]
A name given to various fishes, chiefly of the family Serranidæ.
Among these are Promicrops guasa, Epinephelus nigritus, Megalops atlanticus, and Paralichthys dentatus, of the Atlantic coast of U.S.; Stereolepis gigas of the Californian coast; Polyprion americanus or P. couchi of Madeira; and Sciæna antarctica and Glaucosoma hebraicum of Australia. (Cent. Dict. and Morris Austral Eng.)
1679T. Trapham Discourse State of Health in Jamaica 65 The Jew fish crowds to be one of the first three of our most worthy Fish. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 249 The Jew-fish is a very good Fish, and I judge so called by the English, because it hath Scales and Fins, therefore a clean Fish, according to the Levitical Law. 1764Grainger Sugar Cane iii. 608 Can Europe's seas..Aught so delicious as the Jew-fish show? 1775Romans Florida App. 20 Jew-fish are very abundant both within and without the river. 1847Leichhardt Jrnl. Austral. ii. 40 The water holes abounded with jew-fish and eels. 1883E. M. Ramsay Food Fishes N.S. Wales 16 (Fish. Exh. Publ.) The most important of this family is the Jew-fish (Sciæna antarctica), which attains to a large size, exceeding 5 feet in length. 1890Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Apr. 2/3 The largest jewfish ever caught on the Gulf coast..weighed 348 pounds, was 6 feet in length and 8 feet in circumference just back of the gills. 1968J. E. Randall Caribbean Reef Fishes 60 Jewfish. Epinephelus itajara...Tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific... Highly esteemed as food. 1972Nature 7 Apr. 266/2 The groupers (some species are known as jewfishes and hinds) are well represented in American warmer seas. |