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bluefish
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a silver-gray freshwater fish, Thymallus arcticus, of the trout family, found in northern waters.
See: Arctic grayling
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.