Look up: jewfish

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   jewfish
   Waters:All warm Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean salt Waters. Description (in water): Only smaller specimens (5 to 15 lbs.) make it to markets, but grouper have been known to grow up to 500 hundred pounds. The color of the fish varies greatly. Red grouper is brownish with some darker mottling. Description (in market): Grouper has meaty, lobsterlike, firm-textured white flesh of a mild, delicate flavor and a low fat content.
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   jewfish
   Waters:Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts Description (in water): The smallest members of the drum family, croakers range from 1/2 lb. to 3 lbs. They are usually silvery in color; spotfin has a pale steel-blue cast and a characteristic black spot under the pectoral fin, while yellowfin has grayish-green sides with dark wavy lines and yellow scales. Description (in market): Lean white meat that's tender and full-flavored. The skin is edible.
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   jewfish
   [n] - large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
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   Jewfish
   Jew'fish` noun (Zoology) 1. A very large serranoid fish ( Promicrops itaiara ) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa , and warsaw . 2. A similar gigantic fish ( Stereolepis gigas ) of Southern California, valued as a f ...
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   jewfish
   <zoology> ... 1. A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its colour is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw. ... 2. A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish ...
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   jewfish
   Mycteroperca bonaci noun large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
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   Jewfish
   • (n.) A large herringlike fish; the tarpum. • (n.) The black grouper of Florida and Texas. • (n.) A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw. &bul...
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   jewfish
   (from the article `sea bass`) Sea basses vary widely in size, from a few centimetres to a maximum, in such species as the jewfish (Epinephelus itajara) and giant sea bass ...
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   jewfish
   any of several large fishes of the sea bass (q.v.) family (Serranidae), especially Epinephelus itajara, found on the Atlantic coast of tropical ...
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    jewfish
    jewfish: see grouper.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09149