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The queenfish (Seriphus politus) is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean , where it occurs along the North American coastline from Oregon to Baja California ; it has been recorded as far north as British Columbia .
Scomberoides commersonnianus, the Talang queenfish, also known as giant dart, giant leatherskin, giant queenfish, largemouth queenfish, leatherjacket, leatherskin, and Talang leatherskin, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae from the western Indo-Pacific. It is a large species which is important in commercial and ...
The doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan) is a tropical game fish in family Carangidae (jacks). It is associated with reefs and ranges widely throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans . Other common names for this fish are giant dart , large-mouthed leatherskin , leatherskin , queenfish , skinny fish , skinnyfish , St. Peter's leatherskin ...
Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832) (needle-scaled queenfish) References This page was last edited on 7 November 2024, at 01:11 (UTC). Text is available under ...
In 1968, escorted by the Australian minehunter HMAS Curlew, USS Queenfish was the first nuclear-powered warship to visit Australia. Queenfish berthed at Station Pier, Melbourne, on 5 March 1968. The visit was a success, despite anti-nuclear protests. (These dates are incorrect. Queenfish did not go to Australia in 1968) The visit was in 1978.
Scomberoides tol is a coastal fish which can be found in estuaries and inshore waters, [3] often forming small schools of adults near the surface. [2] The adults are predators of other fishes while the juveniles have specialised rasping teeth and feed off the scales and skin of other fish. [1]
The species in this subfamily have been given the common names leatherjacket and queenfish. [3] Genera
USS Queenfish (SS/AGSS-393), was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America. Construction and commissioning