a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
2.
any of various other bluish fishes
bluefish in American English
(ˈbluˌfɪʃ)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈblueˌfish or ˈblueˌfishes
1.
an important commercial food fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) of a bluish color, common along the Atlantic coast of North America: the only member of a family (Pomatomidae) of percoid fishes
2.
any of various other bluish fishes
Examples of 'bluefish' in a sentence
bluefish
He said the bluefish off the mouth of the Merrimack in Newburyport were biting like snakes.
Tapply, William G FOLLOW THE SHARKS (2004)
Couldn't put an oar in the water without striking a bluefish.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
Charlie navigated and E. J. and I trolled for bluefish while Jan stripped to her bikini and sunned herself on the forward bulkhead.