corvinan.

1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico I. 65 The Curvina is about a foot and a half long, of a slender, round shape, and of a blackish purple colour.

1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 74 The Silvery Corvina. Corvina argyroleuca...This fish..is frequently called Silvery Perch by the fishermen.

1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 77 The Sharp-Finned Corvina. Corvina oxyptera.

1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. 303 The fish leaped and splashed in all directions... In a few minutes we had enough for a day's food. The worst was the Curuvina.

a1884 Jordan in Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 379 Cynoscion parvipinne..is usually known as the ‘Corvina’, or ‘Caravina’... It is found from San Pedro southward to the Gulf of California.

1930 Discovery Aug. 263/1 The myriads of bumla serve as an attraction to the great ghol, the magnificent golden-mouthed Corvina (Sciaena aquila), which on the north-west coast of India follows the shoals of small fish into certain favoured bays.

1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 158/1 Off the West African coast..fleets of Spanish schooners catch immense numbers of the big corvinas..sold in the market under the name of baccalão.

1960 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 2) (ed. 2) 31 Shortfin corvina, Cynoscion parvipinnis..Orangemouth corvina, Cynoscion xanthulus..California corbina [sic], Menticirrhus undulatus.