kingfish
IPA: kˈɪŋfɪʃ
noun
- Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
- Other Atlantic fish
- opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
- white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
- wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
- king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
- narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
- Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
- silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
- Fish of genus Caranx
- crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
- giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
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Examples of "kingfish" in Sentences
- I love taking my boys offshore for snapper, kingfish, Spanish mackerel.
- I do gulf fish a little as it is a short ride offshore for snapper, kingfish, shark ECT ect.
- People should avoid eating white croaker, also known as kingfish or tomcod, which has the highest contamination levels, the EPA warns.
- Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 23 weeks 3 days ago had a few mornings of the beach when croaker and kingfish were the only thing hitting.
- Australian seafood producer Clean Seas Tuna Ltd. is seeing increased demand from overseas for its farmed yellowtail kingfish following the Japanese nuclear crisis, Managing Director Clifford Ashby said Tuesday.
- While young and beautiful New Yorkers nibbled at petite plates, Chef ate his way through roasted foie gras, cured kingfish with a crème fraiche, seared scallops with a caviar Beurre blanc and more, talking above the din about his East-meets-West culinary influences.
- Ciguatera poisoning from fish is caused by a neurotoxin (ciguatoxin) present in the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus. 13 The toxin is passed through the food chain and becomes concentrated in larger fish (greater thanthree kilograms) such as the kingfish and the sturgeon.
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