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opaleye

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fish, Girella nigricans, a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1966, D. W. Kelley (editor), Fish Bulletin 133: Ecological Studies of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary, Part 1, California Department of Fish and Game, page 147, Usually, adult opaleye are abundant about inshore rocky areas (from the surf zone to depths of 80 feet) and nearly every individual examined has its digestive tract packed with algae.

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Broader terms: kyphosid, rudderfish

History

Etymology

From opal + eye.