Found 2 items, similar to blackfishes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: blackfishes blackfishes See blackfish blackfish n 1: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: tautog, Tautoga onitis] 2: female salmon that has recently spawned 3: small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school [syn: pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish , Globicephala melaena] [also: blackfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: blackfish Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass , blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon. [1913 Webster] Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis ) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.] [1913 Webster]