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Definition of Seriola zonata

1. Noun. Fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seriola Zonata

Literary usage of Seriola zonata

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

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"This species is closely related to Seriola zonata and has been regarded by recent writers as a variety of that species; it is a much more elongate form, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1913)
"Seriola zonata (Mitchill). ... Smith writes: "This species is closely related to Seriola zonata ami has l>ecn regarded by recent writers as a variety of ..."

3. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"Seriola zonata carolinensis: Rudder-fish; Jack-fish of Carolina; Amber-fish. (Seriola carolinensis, p. 233 ; Seriola zonata, p. 234. ..."

4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Seriola zonata is the rudder- fish, or shark's pilot, common on our New England coast. The banded young, abundant off Cape Cod, lose their marks with age. ..."

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