different between butterfish vs pomfret

English

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Alternative forms

• butter-fish

Etymology

From butter +? fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?f??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t??f??/

Noun

butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)

1. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
   1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
   2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
   3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
   4. (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis [1], [2].

Translations

English

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?m.f??t/

Noun

pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)

1. A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
2. Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.

Derived terms

• silvery pomfret (Stromateoides argenteus)
• Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)

Translations

See also

• sea bream
• Pomfret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stromateidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bramidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Stromateidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies