| has gloss | (noun) 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
scombroid, scombroid fish |
| lexicalization | eng: scombroid fish |
| lexicalization | eng: scombroid |
| subclass of | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoidean, percoid, percoid fish |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
mackerel |
| has subclass | (noun) any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
tunny, tuna |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
bonito |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
skipjack, Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack tuna |
| has subclass | (noun) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
oceanic bonito, bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Xiphias gladius, swordfish |
| has subclass | (noun) large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
sailfish |
| has subclass | (noun) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
billfish |
| has subclass | (noun) large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
louvar, Luvarus imperialis |
| has subclass | (noun) sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
squaretail |
| has subclass | c/Skipjacks |