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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jew·fish /ˈʤuˌfɪʃ/
 大海鱸,暖海的大魚

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jew·fish n. Zool.
 1. A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
 2. A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.
 3. The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
 4. A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jewfish
      n 1: large important food fish of Australia; almost
           indistinguishable from the maigre [syn: mulloway, Sciaena
           antarctica]
      2: large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales [syn:
         Mycteroperca bonaci]
      [also: jewfishes (pl)]