caranx gallus

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caranx gallus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The cutlass fish.
     (b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus)
         having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
         prolonged in the form of long threads.
         [1913 Webster]