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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Blue·fish n. Zool.
 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
 2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridæ.
 Note:The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.