billfish

Noun
  1. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth (synset 102644009)
    is a type of: ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
    belongs to: genus lepisosteus, lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
    same as: gar, garfish, garpike, lepisosteus osseus
  2. Giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw (synset 102633369)
    is a type of: scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
    subtypes:
    • marlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
    • spearfish - any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
    belongs to: family istiophoridae, istiophoridae - sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
  3. Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters (synset 102554299)
    is a type of: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
    belongs to: genus scomberesox, genus scombresox, scomberesox, scombresox - a genus of Scomberesocidae
    same as: saury, scomberesox saurus
  4. Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws;
    Abundant in coastal waters (synset 102552620)
    is a type of: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
    subtypes: timucu - found in warm waters of western Atlantic
    belongs to: belonidae, family belonidae - ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
    same as: gar, needlefish

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