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Definition of Platyglossus

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Iridio syn Platyglossus radiatus
Pudding fish Pud"ding fish, Pudding wife Pudding wife [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish (Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano, doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
Platyglossus radiatus
Doncella Don*cel"la, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zo["o]l.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
Platyglossus radiatus
Bluefish Blue"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack. 2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labrid[ae]. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

Meaning of Platyglossus from wikipedia

- humeralis Poey, 1860 C****ojulis grandisquamis T. N. Gill, 1863 C****ojulis arangoi Poey, 1876 Platyglossus florealis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882...
- Coris schroederi (Bl****er, 1858) Coris pallida Macleay, 1881 Coris papuensis Macleay, 1883 Coris coronata De Vis, 1885 Platyglossus punctatus De Vis, 1885...
- Halic****es melanurus (Bl****er, 1851) Synonyms Julis melanurus Bl****er, 1851 Platyglossus melanurus (Bl****er, 1851) Julis hoevenii Bl****er, 1851 Halic****es hoevenii...
- Leptojulis pardalis Kner, 1867 Macropharyngodon pardalis (Kner, 1867) Platyglossus nigromaculatus Günther, 1872 Halic****es nigropunctatus Seale, 1901 Wetmorella...
- Bl****er, 1857 Platyglossus dubius Steindachner, 1866 Platyglossus dayi Steindachner, 1870 Platyglossus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 Platyglossus immaculatus...
- chloropterus (Bloch, 1791) Synonyms Labrus chloropterus Bloch, 1791 Platyglossus chloropterus (Bloch, 1791) Labrus gymnocephalus Bloch & J. G. Schneider...
- Family: Labridae Genus: Halic****es Species: H. poeyi Binomial name Halic****es poeyi (Steindachner, 1867) Synonyms Platyglossus poeyi Steindachner, 1867...
- Binomial name Xenojulis margaritaceus (W. J. Macleay, 1883) Synonyms Platyglossus margaritaceus W. J. Macleay, 1883 Halic****es macleayi D. S. Jordan &...
- Julic****es Kuiter, 2010 Octocynodon Fowler, 1904 Oxyjulis Gill, 1863 Platyglossus Bl****er, 1862 Pseudojulis Bl****er, 1862 Pusa Jordan & Gilbert, 1879 Sagittalarva...
- papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1839 Julis schwarzii Bl****er, 1847 Julis dieschismenacanthoides Bl****er, 1853 Platyglossus doleschalli Steindachner, 1863...