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==English==
[[File:Menticirrhus americanus.jpg|thumb|a '''southern kingfish''', {{taxlink|Menticirrhus americanus|species}}]]
[[File:Rachycentron canadum Robertson.jpg|thumb|a cobia or '''black kingfish''', ''[[Rachycentron canadum]]'']]

===Etymology===
From {{af|en|king|fish}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|+|kingfish}}

# Any of several [[food]] [[fishes]] of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Menticirrhus|genus}} from the [[Atlantic]]; [[kingcroaker]]s.
# Other Atlantic fish
## [[opah]] ({{taxlink|Lampris guttatus|species}}), of the United Kingdom
## [[white croaker]] ({{taxlink|Genyonemus lineatus|species}}), of the United Kingdom
## [[wahoo]] ({{taxlink|Acanthocybium solandri|species}}), of Barbados
## [[king mackerel]] ({{taxlink|Scomberomorus cavalla|species}})
# Any of several similar fishes of the [[Pacific]].
## {{vern|narrow-barred Spanish mackerel}} ({{taxlink|Scomberomorus commerson|species}}) of Australia
## {{vern|Japanese meagre}} ({{taxlink|Argyrosomus japonicus|species}}) of Australia
## [[yellowtail amberjack]] ({{taxfmt|Seriola lalandi|species}}) of Australia and New Zealand
## {{vern|silver gemfish}} ({{taxlink|Rexea solandri|species}}) of Australia
# Fish of genus {{taxfmt|Caranx|genus}}
## {{vern|crevalle jack}} ({{taxlink|Caranx hippos|species}}) of Mauritania
## [[giant trevally]] or {{vern|travelli}} ({{taxfmt|Caranx ignobilis|species}}) of South Africa
# [[cobia|Cobia]] ({{taxfmt|Rachycentron canadum|species}}), of warm waters globally.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fish}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|މުޑަ ހަނދި|sc=Thaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|martin-pêcheur}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|キングフィッシュ|tr=kingufisshu}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|warehenga}}, {{t|mi|haku}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|yellowtail}}<!-- may be a synonym -->

===References===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:OneLook}}

{{C|en|Croakers|Jackfish|Lampriform fish|Percoid fish|Scombroids}}