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a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa

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  1. n. a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa
  2. 1. (Zoöl.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyræna, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S. picuda; the Californian is S. argentea. 2. (Zoöl.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
  3. n. a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa