rudderfishn.
/ˈrʌdəfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrədərˌfɪʃ/ Any of various marine fishes which follow or accompany vessels.
1. A sea chub of the family Kyphosidae; esp. the Bermuda chub, Kyphosus sectatrix.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Kyphosidae (rudder-fish)
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1735 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 316 Perca marina, Sectatrix. The Rudder-Fish, so called because they are always seen following Ships, or sticking to the Rudders.
1884 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 7 193 Cyphosus is now called Chub, and never, so far as I know, Rudder-fish.
1903 Bull. N.Y. State Mus. & Sci. Serv. 60 569 The Bermuda chub grows to the length of 18 inches... Its name of rudder fish refers to its habit of following vessels, presumably to secure the waste food thrown from them.
1983 W. N. Eschmeyer & E. S. Herald Field Guide Pacific Coast Fishes N. Amer. 223 Family Kyphosidae. This family includes three subfamilies: the rudderfishes (Kyphosinae), nibblers (Girellinae), and halfmoons (Scorpidinae).
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 256/1 Kyphosid sea chubs (also called rudderfishes) are a herbivorous family of 42 reef species.
2. Chiefly U.S. Either of two vertically-striped carangids: the pilotfish, Naucrates ductor, and (more fully banded rudderfish) Seriola zonata, an amberjack of the West Atlantic.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Seriola (amber-fish)
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1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 69 The hog-fish, the pilot or rudder-fish, whiting, bream.
1842 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. IV. 129 They [sc. Seriola zonata] are called Rudder-fish by the fishermen, who apply the same name to other fishes.
1876 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1875 87 Specimens of yellow mackerel,..banded rudder-fish.
1933 Guide (John G. Shedd Aquarium) 83 Seriola zonata—Pilotfish; Rudderfish. This fish..resembles the Shark-pilot.
1998 J. W. Tucker Marine Fish Culture 28/1 (caption) Banded rudderfish, 9.5 mm SL. Seriola zonata Family Carangidae.
3. A fish of the family Centrolophidae; esp. (U.S., now rare) the barrelfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis (more fully black rudderfish), and (New Zealand) the blackfish, Centrolophus niger.Cf. rudder perch n. at rudder n. Compounds 1d.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Stromatoidei > lirus perciformis (barrel-fish)
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1818 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. Feb. 244/2 Rudder-fish, or Perch Coryphæna.—Coryphæna perciformis; with zig-zag impressions adown his sides.
1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 26 Palinurichthys perciformes (Mitch.) Gill.—Black rudder-fish.
1933 Guide (John G. Shedd Aquarium) 81 Palinurichthys perciformis—Rudderfish; Logfish; Black Pilot.
1956 D. H. Graham Treasury N.Z. Fishes (ed. 2) 405 Rudderfish Centrolophus maoricus Ogilby.
1986 L. J. Paul N.Z. Fishes 139 Rudderfish. Centrolophus niger. Widespread in temperate seas.., in some areas known as blackfish.
2000 S. Bannerot & W. Bannerot Cruiser's Handbk. Fishing xii. 317/1 A few may attain 24 inches (60 cm)—with rudderfish (Centrolophus niger) and blue-nose warehou..growing to lengths of 4½ feet (140 cm).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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