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butterfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel |
| Type of | bracketed blenny, gunnel |
butterfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stromateid, stromateid fish |
| Type of | percoidean, percoid fish, percoid |
| Has types | barrelfish, black rudderfish, california pompano, dollarfish, driftfish, harvestfish, hyperglyphe perciformis, palometa, palometa simillima, paprilus alepidotus, poronotus triacanthus |
butterfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | saltwater fish |
Examples of butterfish
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Butterfish catches in fishery survey data from 2002-2008 appear relatively stable.
From the sciencedaily.com
Escolar is commonly marketed as white tuna, super white tuna, butterfish and walu.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Rock lobster, blue cod, silver drummer and butterfish are also more numerous.
From the scoop.co.nz
Neither butterfish nor Beroes live there, so M. leidyi has run rampant.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The tropical butterfish is an example of one that's not.
From the thenewstribune.com
She does butterfish, and I choose Haleakala Ranch lamb.
From the post-gazette.com
Butterfish are common, and great eating.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Friedman went straight for the misoyaki butterfish.
From the sfgate.com
It's the best place I know for watching otters as they hunt for butterfish in the kelp forests of Hascosay and the Sound of Yell.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
- Rock gunnel: slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
- The family Stromateidae of butterfishes contains 17 species of fish in 3 genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.
- Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially Types of gunnel (family Pholidae) found in British waters The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli The New Zealand kelp fish, Coridodax pullus The American dollarfish, Peprilus triacanthus
- This small, high-fat fish has a tender texture and a rich, sweet flavor. Found off the coast of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, this fish is also called the "dollarfish," "Pacific pompano," and "pomfret."
- 1. a good food fish which must be handled carefully as the dorsal spines can inflict a venomous sting that is very painful, though not fatal; endemic to the waters around Queensland and the Northern Territory. 2. any of several Australian fish, especially mulloway. 3. Gunnel.
