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Platyglossus radiatus
(gcide) | Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zool.)
A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
(Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida,
Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano,
doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
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Platyglossus radiatus
(gcide) | Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely
distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in
Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
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2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the
family Labrid[ae].
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Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
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Platyglossus radiatus
(gcide) | Doncella \Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.]
(Zool.)
A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ({Platyglossus
radiatus}). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ({Harpe
rufa}) of the same region.
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