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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUEENFISH

QUEENFISH Queen "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A California sciænoid food fish (Seriphys politus ). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

queenfish

queen fish |ˈkwēnˌfiSH ˈkwinˌfɪʃ | noun ( pl. same or queenfishes ) an edible marine fish, in particular: [a popular sporting fish of the Indo-Pacific (Chorinemus lysan, family Carangidae ). a drumfish of the Pacific coast of North America (Seriphus politus, family Sciaenidae ).]

 

Oxford Dictionary

queenfish

queen |fish noun ( pl. same or queenfishes ) an edible marine fish, in particular: a popular sporting fish of the Indo-Pacific (Chorinemus lysan, family Carangidae ). a drumfish of the Pacific coast of North America (Seriphus politus, family Sciaenidae ).