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Definition of King mackerel
1. Noun. Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil.
Group relationships: Genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus
Generic synonyms: Spanish Mackerel
Lexicographical Neighbors of King Mackerel
Literary usage of King mackerel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"The king mackerel is a long, narrow fish with a dark thin stripe along its side
and spots below the stripe. The largest of the mackerels, it grows to 35 ..."
2. Georgia and the Carolinas by Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (1999)
"Whether saltwater fly-fishing, looking for redfish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish,
jacks or cobia, or light tackle fishing for king mackerel and tarpon, ..."
3. Puerto Rico by Kurt Pitzer, Tara Stevens (2001)
"Inshore, light tackle fishermen flock to Laguna de Torre- cilia and Laguna Pinones
for tarpon, snook, snapper, grouper and king mackerel. ..."
4. Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea edited by Rabel J. Burdge (2001)
"Recreational anglers were asked to allocate ten days among fishing trip alternatives
for king mackerel, red snapper and gag grouper, an alternative to fish ..."
5. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"These large mackerel are usually females, with roes ready to be shed, and are
known as Queen mackerel and king mackerel, but I do not recollect ever seeing ..."
6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1914)
"FG Willis caught 65 cero and king mackerel weighing 1200 pounds and Willis Fulcher
caught 66 weighing 1200 pounds. By 7 o'clock that evening there was on ..."
7. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"Other excellent deep water species include the kingfish, or king mackerel.
They can be caught year-round, although peak seasons are the spring and summer. ..."
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