Any of various fishes, among them certain species of mackerel and a drum. The king mackerel, or kingfish (Scomberomorus cavalla), is a western Atlantic fish about 67 in. (170 cm) long and weighing 79 lbs (36 kg) or more. The kingfish, or whiting (Menticirrhus saxatilis), of the Atlantic, is notable among drums in that it lacks an air bladder
large game fish of Australia and New Zealand any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States