jewfish

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Definition of jewfish in English English dictionary: any of many types of fish including the Japanese seabass; A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish; large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales; A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico; {i} any of the different large groupers that are blackish or dark green or brown with rough scales (found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean); Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots; It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds; Any of several large fishes of the sea bass family (Serranidae), especially Epinephelus itajara, found on the Atlantic coast of the New World tropics. They may reach a length of 8 ft (2.4 m) and a weight of about 700 lbs (320 kg). The adult is dull olive-brown with faint spots and bands and is usually solitary. The South Pacific jewfish (E. lanceolatus) may exceed 12 ft (3.7 m) in length. The Warsaw grouper (E. nigritus) and giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) are both occasionally called jewfish, and three Australian species in the genera Johnius and Glaucosoma are called jewfish; A large herringlike fish; the tarpum; Called also guasa, and warsaw; The black grouper of Florida and Texas