scombroid

/ˌskɑmˈbrɔɪd/

Definitions of scombroid

1. 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
   synonyms: scombroid fish

   types:

   mackerel

   any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

   tuna, tunny

   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, bonito, oceanic 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

   Luvarus imperialis, louvar

   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

   Scomber scombrus, common mackerel, shiner

   important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales

   Scomber colias, Spanish mackerel

   medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

   Scomber japonicus, chub mackerel, tinker

   small mackerel found nearly worldwide

   Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo

   large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide

   Spanish mackerel

   any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus

   Thunnus alalunga, albacore, long-fin tunny

   large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters

   Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel

   largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

   Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna

   may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics

   Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda, skipjack

   medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

   Chile bonito, Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis

   common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well

   Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans

   a kind of sailfish

   marlin

   large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

   spearfish

   any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare

   type of:

   percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

   any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes