kingfish

English

a southern kingfish, Menticirrhus americanusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Menticirrhus%20americanus
a cobia or black kingfish, Rachycentron canadum

Etymology

From king +‎ fishCategory:English compound terms#KINGFISH.

Noun

kingfish (plural kingfishes or kingfish)Category:English lemmas#KINGFISHCategory:English nouns#KINGFISHCategory:English countable nouns#KINGFISHCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#KINGFISHCategory:English indeclinable nouns#KINGFISHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KINGFISHCategory:Pages with entries#KINGFISHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#KINGFISH

  1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
  2. Other Atlantic fish
    1. opah (Lampris guttatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lampris%20guttatus), of the United Kingdom
    2. white croaker (Genyonemus lineatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Genyonemus%20lineatus), of the United Kingdom
    3. wahoo (Acanthocybium solandriCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acanthocybium%20solandri), of Barbados
    4. king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavallaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Scomberomorus%20cavalla)
  3. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
    1. narrow-barred Spanish mackerelCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#narrow-barred%20Spanish%20mackerel (Scomberomorus commersonCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Scomberomorus%20commerson) of Australia
    2. Japanese meagreCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Japanese%20meagre (Argyrosomus japonicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Argyrosomus%20japonicus) of Australia
    3. yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
    4. silver gemfishCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#silver%20gemfish (Rexea solandriCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rexea%20solandri) of Australia
  4. Fish of genus Caranx
    1. crevalle jack (Caranx hipposCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Caranx%20hippos) of Mauritania
    2. giant trevally or travelliCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
  5. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.

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