different between butterfish vs skipjack

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Wikispecies

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

Noun

skipjack (plural skipjacks or skipjack)

1. Any of several unrelated fish.
   1. Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
   2. Katsuwonus pelamis.
   3. The common bluefish
   4. The alewife
   5. The bonito
   6. The butterfish
   7. The cutlass fish
   8. The jurel
   9. The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
   10. The runner.
   11. The saurel.
   12. The saury.
   13. The threadfish.
2. (obsolete) An upstart.

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3. An elaterid; a click beetle.
4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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See also

• skipjack tuna