Definition of Scomberomorus cavalla

1. Noun. Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil.

Exact synonyms: Cavalla, Cero, King Mackerel
Group relationships: Genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus
Generic synonyms: Spanish Mackerel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomberomorus Cavalla

Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola
Scolopendrium nigripes
Scolymus
Scolymus hispanicus
Scolytidae
Scolytus
Scolytus multistriatus
Scomber colias
Scomber japonicus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesox
Scomberesox saurus
Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus cavalla (current term)
Scomberomorus maculatus
Scomberomorus regalis
Scomberomorus sierra
Scombresocidae
Scombresox
Scombridae
Scombroidea
Scone
Sconnie
Scooby
Scooby-Doo
Scooby gang
Scooby snack
Scooby snacks

Literary usage of Scomberomorus cavalla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The great kingfish, or cavalla (Scomberomorus cavalla), is a huge Spanish mackerel of Cuba and the West Indies, reaching a weight of 100 pounds. ..."

2. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"Scomberomorus regalis : Sierra; Spanish Mackerel of Key West: Spotted Cero: King Cero (p. 186). Scomberomorus cavalla : Cero ; King-fish ; Silver Cero. ..."

3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... barracuda) 258 Bonito (Sarda sarda); dead 266 Squirrel-fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) . . ' . . 266 King-fish or Cero (Scomberomorus cavalla); dead . ..."

4. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"The second kingfish, and the best known in our own waters, especially in the region between Key West and Biscayne Bay, is the cero, Scomberomorus cavalla. ..."

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