The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea pike \Sea" pike`\ (Zool.)
(a) The garfish.
(b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis)
found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
(c) The merluce.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
(a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus
undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia,
and robalo.
(b) The cobia.
(c) The garfish.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae,
esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn.
Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also
snook, the smaller species being called
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Centropomus \Centropomus\ n.
the type genus of the Centropomidae, comprising the
snooks, and including Centropomus undecimalis, a large
bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
Syn: genus Centropomus.
[WordNet 1.5]