Tuna vs. Kingfish

Any of various often large scombroid marine food and game fishes of the genus Thunnus and related genera, several of which, including albacore and skipjack tuna, are commercially important sources of canned fish. Also called tunny.

Any of several food and game fishes of the family Sciaenidae, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found in western Atlantic waters.

Any of several related fishes, such as the bonito.

Any of various carangid fishes.

The edible flesh of tuna, often canned or processed. Also called tuna fish.

See king mackerel.

Any of several prickly pears, especially O. ficus-indica, widely cultivated for its edible red fruit.

(Informal) A person in a position of uncontested authority or influence, especially a powerful political leader.

The edible fruit of any of these cacti. Also called cactus pear.

Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Other Atlantic fish

The edible flesh of the tuna.

Opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom

The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom

The fruit of the cactus.

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), of Barbados

The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

King mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)

Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus or Albacora thynnus), called also the common tunny or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; - also called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another well-known species is the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. the See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.

Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.

The bonito, 2.

(Scomberomorus commerson) of Australia

The meat of the tuna, used as food; - also called tuna fish.

(Argyrosomus japonicus) of Australia

Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica

Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) of Australia and New Zealand

Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

(Rexea solandri) of Australia

Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

Caranx

New Zealand eel

(Caranx hippos) of Mauritania

Giant trevally or travelli (Caranx ignobilis) of South Africa

Cobia (Rachycentron canadum), of warm waters globally.

An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially Menticirrus saxatilis, or Menticirrus nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; - called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.

The lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States

Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Small silvery marine food fish found off California

Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast

Large game fish of Australia and New Zealand