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Definition of Acanthocybium
1. Noun. Wahoos.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Scombridae, Scombridae
Member holonyms: Acanthocybium Solandri, Wahoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthocybium
Literary usage of Acanthocybium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Acanthocybium solandri is the species found in Hawaii and Japan. The American
Acanthocybium petus, occasionally also taken in the Mediterranean, ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... sides with darker yellowish spots; no black blotch" on spinous dorsal anteriorly.
GENUS Acanthocybium GILL The Petos This genus differs from the other ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1912)
"Abundant in the Havana market; and much prized. 31. Acanthocybium solandri (Cur.
<i Vol.). Seen once in the Havana market on February 22; two or three large ..."
4. A Naturalist on Desert Islands by Percy Roycroft Lowe (1911)
"And now there was waiting upon these banks the sporting and matchless
queen-fish (Acanthocybium solandri) with which to try conclusions. ..."
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