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Platyglossus radiatus

Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish ( Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano, doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.

Platyglossus radiatus

Doncella \Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zo["o]l.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ( Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ( Harpe rufa) of the same region.

Platyglossus radiatus

Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A large voracious fish ( Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

  2. A West Indian fish ( Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labrid[ae].

    Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.