blackey

See blacky. blackfin (blak'fin), n. 1. A local name of the smolt or young salmon of the first year. - 2. A local English name of the little weever.-3. A whitefish, Coregonus nigripinnis, of the deep waters of Lake Michigan, conspicuous by its blackish fins, but otherwise resembling a cisco. blackfish (blak'fish), n. [ G. blackfisch, inkfish.] 1. A name of several fishes. (a) A local English name of the female salmon about the time of spawning. (b) A name of the tautog, Tautog a on it is. See cut under tautog. (c) A local Alaskan name of Dallia pectoral is, a fish which alone represents the suborder Xenomi. See Dallia. (d) A local name in New England of the common sea-ba , Centropristis furvus: also applied to other species of the same genus. (e) A name of a European scombroid Centrolophus pompilus. (f) A 10 cal name in the Frith of Forth, Scotland, of the tadpole fish, Raniceps trifurcatus. Parnell, Mag. Zool. and Bot., I. 104. 2. A name of several delphinoid cetaceans, especially of the genus Globicephalus. Also called black - whale.