Lexic.us

Definition of Sea catfish

1. Noun. Any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food.

Medical Definition of Sea catfish

1. The wolf fish. Any marine siluroid fish, as aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Catfish

Literary usage of Sea catfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The commonest sea catfish of the Carolina coast is ... In most or all of the sea catfish the eggs, as large as small peas, are taken into the mouth of the ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The commonest sea catfish of the Carolina coast is ... In most or all of the sea catfish the eggs, as large as small peas, are taken into the mouth of the ..."

3. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"Other fishes present were requiem sharks, hammerhead sharks. herring/sardines, sea catfish, needlefish, groupers, ... Subtidal Mud sea catfish, ..."

4. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"... FISHES (Tropical, from Bermuda and Key West, Florida). Family SILURIDAE (Catfishes). Sea-catfish or Gaff-topsail, ... marinas 2 years Sea-catfish, ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The sea-catfish are closely allied to the channel-cats, and two species are common along the Atlantic coast, both 2 to 5 feet long, and blue above with ..."

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