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Definition: saltwater tailor
Bluefish
\Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A large voracious fish (
Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family
Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the
horse mackerel, in
Virginia
saltwater tailor, or
skipjack.
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2. A West Indian fish (
Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family
Labrid[ae].
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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