DCHP-3

bluefish

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a silver-gray freshwater fish, Thymallus arcticus, of the trout family, found in northern waters.

Quotations

1807
The different sorts of fish to be met with in the lakes and rivers of these desserts are . . . inconnu, white fish . . . blue fish, tolliby and Loche.
1924
Bluefish vary considerably in colour, but as a rule they are grey-ish-blue with the under parts silvery.
1962
. . . we discovered the enormous amount of bluefish in this small creek.