jewfish

jew·fish  (jfsh)

n. pl. jewfish or jew·fish·es

Any of several large, spotted, olive-brown marine fishes of the family Serranidae, especially the grouper Epinephelus itajara of tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific waters.

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jewfish

Noun

Austral a freshwater catfish

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jewfish - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre mulloway, Sciaena antarctica sciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound genus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
	2.	jewfish - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales Mycteroperca bonaci grouper - usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas genus Mycteroperca, Mycteroperca - groupers