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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Menticirrhus_americanus.jpg/220px-Menticirrhus_americanus.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Rachycentron_canadum_Robertson.jpg/220px-Rachycentron_canadum_Robertson.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kingfish (plural kingfishes or kingfish)
- Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
- Other Atlantic fish
- opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
- white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
- wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados
- king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
- Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
- narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia
- Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand
- silver gemfish (Rexea solandri) of Australia
- Fish of genus Caranx
- crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) of Mauritania
- giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa
- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.
Translations
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