bluefish

English

Etymology

blue +‎ fish

Noun

bluefish (countable and uncountable, plural bluefishes or bluefish)

A voracious fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse Halichoeres radiatus.
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
(Britain) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.

Synonyms

(Pomatomus saltatrix): tailor
(Kyphosus vaigiensis): golden, brassy, lowfin, blue-bronze chub, yellow chub, lowfin drummer

Derived terms

Translations

Pomatomus saltatrix

Bulgarian: лефер m (lefer)
Catalan: tallahams (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁鰺, 扁鲹 (biǎnshēn), 藍魚, 蓝鱼 (lányú), 藍鯥, 蓝鯥 (lánlù)
Finnish: sinikala
French: tassergal (fr) m
Georgian: ლუფარი (lupari)
German: Blaufisch m
Greek: γοφάρι n (gofári)
Irish: táilliúir m

Lithuanian: melsvieji ešeriai
Maori: korokoropounamu, karokaropounamu
Polish: lufar m, skrzelołusk m, tasergal m
Portuguese: anchova (pt) f, enchova (pt) f
Romanian: lufar (ro) m
Russian: луфа́рь (ru) m (lufárʹ)
Spanish: anjova f, sastre (es) m
Swedish: blåfisk c
Turkish: lüfer (tr)

See also

Boston blue (Pollachius virens, pollock)

References

bluefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
bluefish at OneLook Dictionary Search
bluefish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
bluefish at Fishbase

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