scombroid fish

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 102626075)
    is a type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
    subtypes:
    • mackerel - any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
    • tuna, tunny - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
    • bonito - any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
    • euthynnus pelamis, skipjack, skipjack tuna - oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
    • bonito, katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito - fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
    • swordfish, xiphias gladius - large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
    • sailfish - large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
    • billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
    • louvar, luvarus imperialis - large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
    • squaretail - sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
    belongs to: scombroidea, suborder scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
    same as: scombroid

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