| Noun | 1. | 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 Scombroidea, suborder Scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes mackerel - any of various fishes of the family Scombridae tunny, tuna - 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 Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito, bonito - fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna Xiphias gladius, swordfish - 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 |