Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: jewfish  'joo,fish
  1. Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
    "The jewfish can grow to enormous sizes in tropical waters";
    - Mycteroperca bonaci
     
  2. Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
    "jewfish is a popular target for recreational fishers in Australia";
    - mulloway, Sciaena antarctica

Derived forms: jewfishes

Type of: groper [Austral, NZ], grouper, sciaenid, sciaenid fish

Part of: genus Mycteroperca, genus Sciaena, Mycteroperca, Sciaena

Encyclopedia: Jewfish, Florida