A marine fish used for food. Now historical.

A fish of the genus Petromyzon, resembling an eel in shape and in having no scales. It has a mouth like a sucker, pouch-like gills, seven spiracles…

A long slender gadoid fish, Molva vulgaris or Lota molva, inhabiting the seas of northern Europe. It is largely used for food (usually either…

A small European fish, Cobitis (Nemachilus) barbatula (-us), inhabiting small clear streams and highly prized for food; also, any fish of the family…

A thick-bodied freshwater fish, Tinca vulgaris, allied to the carp, inhabiting still and deep waters; also, the flesh of this fish as food.

A freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio, the type of the family Cyprinidæ; introduced into England as early as the 14th cent., and commonly bred in ponds.

= red mullet n. at red, adj. n.compounds 1e(c)(ii).

Any of numerous small fishes allied to the herrings that constitute the family Engraulidae, commonly found in shoals; esp. any of those that are…

Any of various tropical carangid fishes having a deep, laterally compressed body with an angular outline, many of which are caught for sport; esp.…

A Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major, of the family Sparidæ, eaten as a speciality in Japan.

A herring or shad of the North American east coast, Alosa pseudoharengus, occurring in both migratory and landlocked forms. Also (U.S. regional): any…

a whiting caught by a handline (Scottish).

A marine sciænoid food-fish of the genus Cynoscion, esp. C. regalis, the squeteague or sea-trout of the Atlantic. Other varieties are the spotted…

A thing (e.g. a ball, a fish) weighing ten pounds; spec. a fish, Elops saurus, about three feet long, inhabiting the warmer parts of the Pacific…

the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca.

A gadoid fish, Brosmius brosme, abundant in the northern seas, especially about the Shetland Islands, and much used for food in the dried form of stoc…

Any of various deep-bodied fishes of the sea bream family Sparidae, chiefly of warm coastal waters, typically silvery in colour, but sometimes…

= bonito, n., Katsuwonus pelamis, an important food fish in Japan, whether fresh or dried.

Any of various fishes frequenting rocky shores or seabeds; spec. (a) (frequently with distinguishing word) any of numerous fishes of the family Sc…

A bottom-dwelling marine fish, Tautoga onitis (family Labridae), with blotched brown and white coloration, found off the Atlantic coast of North…

A name for various fishes: (a) U.S. a marine food fish of the family Serranidæ; cf. jewfish, n.; (b) U.S. a sciænoid fish, Cynoscion nobilis of…

The flesh of the sturgeon, used as food.

An Indian fish; = hilsa, n. Usually sable-fish.

a very large serranid food fish, Maccullochella peeli, found in the Murray and other Australian rivers, which is dark green mottled with blue.

†(a) a small fish of the genus Polynemus, probably the paradise threadfin, valued as a food fish in India (obsolete); (b) a labyrinth fish of the…

Either of two sciaenid fishes found in the West Atlantic: the small Leiostomus xanthurus, which has a dark spot behind the gills, and (U.S.) the red…

the fish Pomoxys sparoides.

A deep-bodied bottom-dwelling marine food fish, Centroberyx affinis (family Berycidae), found off the south-eastern coast of Australia. Also called re…

An edible blue marine fish, Scorpis violaceus (family Kyphosidae), of New Zealand and Australian waters. Also blue maomao.

(originally) = sense A. 8b; (in recent use) (more fully pearl spotfish) the green chromide, Etroplus suratensis, an edible South Asian cichlid of…

= strawberry bass n.

(a) Australian (now rare) = bêche-de-mer, n.; (b) a large, fork-tailed, silver marine fish, Chanos chanos, cultured for food in South-East Asia and…

An Australian fish, Chrysophrys sarba, used for food.

Name for the fish Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps, found in abundance in 1879 off the coast of New England, and valued as food; supposed to be extinct…

A name applied to the gurnard, Trigla cuculus.

Short for tile-fish, n.

In Japanese cookery: the flesh of any of various saltwater eels (esp. the white-spotted conger, Conger myriaster) used as food, now esp. in sushi…

A name under which dogfish is marketed for food.

The European bass or sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (family Moronidae), esp. as an item of food.

Either of two small scorpionfishes, Scorpaena scrofa and S. porcus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean, which have reddish skin and spiny fins…

A large marine food fish, Coryphæna hippurus or C. equisetis; = dolphin, n. 2.

Now usually in form redfish. Australian. The nannygai, Centroberyx affinis.