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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.
Group relationships: Genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus
Generic synonyms: Spanish Mackerel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomberomorus Cavalla
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. ..."