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billfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | saury, scomberesox saurus |
| Type of | teleost, teleost fish, teleostan |
billfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gar, garfish, garpike, lepisosteus osseus |
| Type of | ganoid, ganoid fish |
billfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gar, needlefish |
| Type of | teleost fish, teleost, teleostan |
| Has types | timucu |
billfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | scombroid, scombroid fish |
| Has types | marlin, spearfish |
Examples of billfish
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Offshore boats are doing well on wahoo, dolphin, yellowfins and a few billfish.
From the newsobserver.com
Trolling is used to catch pelagic fish such as salmon, mackerel and billfish.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Mackerels are also one of the top areas to target billfish in Australia.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Competition for dolphin, tuna and wahoo, plus a billfish catch-and-release category.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Billfish action is slow, but most boats are concentrating on tuna right now.
From the signonsandiego.com
Many offshore boaters says this has been the best billfish bite in a long, long time.
From the washingtontimes.com
Boats getting offshore are encountering billfish from the Washington Canyon on south.
From the washingtontimes.com
Tuna, mahi-mahi, billfish, barracuda and sharks reside outside the lagoon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They're finding billfish, dolphinfish and yellowfin tunas now and then.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Gar: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- Giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- Saury: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- Needlefish: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
- The term billfish is applied to a number of different large, predatory fish characterised by their large size (swordfish can be over 4 metres long) and their long, sword-like bill. ...
- Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Billfish, after the billfish.
- (Billfishes) fishes equipped with long pointed posterior*, members of the ISTIOPHORIDAE family.
- Is the common name for any of the large, predatory marine fish comprising the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae of the Perciformes order, characterized by large size, elongate premxillary bill, two anal fins, and pectoral fins low on the body. ...
- Pelagic fish with long, spear-like protrusions at their snouts, such as swordfish and marlin.
