kingfish

(king’fish), x. One of various fishes, of large size or of excellent quality, belonging to different families. (a) In the Atlantic States, and especially in New York, a scisenoid fish, Ment i cirrus nebulosus, of elongate form, with the ventral fins some dis- Kingfish (Ment i cirrus mebulosus). 633 kingfish tance behind the pectoral fins, and the body grayish and its silvery in color, with irregular dark bars, of which the linear, anterior trend obliquely backward and downward, and one the posterior forward and downward. It is much esteemed Australia. for its flesh. Also called whiting, tomcod, hake, black mulkingio let, and mink, names properly belonging to different ani- + mals. The name is also extended to related species, as the southern M. alburnus (also called Carolina whiting, fish, Bermuda whiting, though not found in Bermuda, bullhead king-killer whiting, ground mullet, and barb) and the Pacific coast M. a undulatus (also called sucker). (6) In California, another sciznoid fish, Seriph us politus, better known as queenjish. (c) A scieenoid fish, Scitena antarctica, of southern Australia and Tasmania, closely related to the maigre of Europe. 2. (d) In New Zealand, a carangoid fish, Seriola lalandi, of a to fusiform shape, with from 6 to 8 dorsal spines and 32 to 36 dorsal rays, steel-blue above and white below. It some setts. times attains a length of 4 feet, and is an excellent food kingle fish. (¢) In England, the opah, Lampris luna or L. guttatus. koniglos See opah. (f) A scombroid fish, Scomberomorus regale Without or Cybium regale, related to the Spanish mackerel; also, the Scomberomorus cabaila or cero. (g) A scisenoid fish, the little roncador, Genyonemus line at us, common on the coast of California: so called in the San Francisco markets. kinglet (h) A fish of the family Polynemidce, Polynemus indicus, little esteemed in India for the sounds, which yield isingla of the best quality, and which are a constant source of traffic wived among the Chinese. man’s