Luvarus


Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia.
Related to Luvarus: Luvarus imperialis
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:Luvarus - type genus of the Luvaridae]Luvarus - type genus of the Luvaridae
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
louvar, Luvarus imperialis - large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
ABSTRACT--Single specimens of Finescale Triggerfish (Batistes polylepis) and Louvar (Luvarus imperialis) were found in British Columbia's coastal waters in 2014.
First records of Finescale Triggerfish (Balistes polylepis) and Louvar (Luvarus imperialis) in British Columbia, Canada
2002), flyingfishes (Exocoetidae), tunas (Scombridae), the Louvar (Luvarus imperialis), and the Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola), as well as small mesopelagic species such as the Lowcrest Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus sladeni, Sternoptychidae) that become stranded on shore during storms.
Fishes of marine protected areas near La Jolla, California
These include tuna (Thunnus), bonito (Sarda), Luvarus, mackerel (Scomber), the cutlassfish (Trichiurus), marlins or spearfish (Tetrapterus), and swordfish (Xiphias).
2 Pelagic life
Discarded bycatch (excluding marine mammals) included swordfish, three tuna species, three species each of sharks and rays, Myctophidae, squid, Loligo pealed; unspecified fish, louver, Luvarus imperalis; jellyfish, and snipe eels (Nemichthyidae) (Table 1).
Observations of the 1992 U.S. pelagic pair trawl fishery in the Northwest Atlantic