leatherjack


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Noun1.leatherjack - any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
leatherjacket
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
genus Oligoplites, Oligoplites - leatherjackets
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Most representative species were narrownose smoothhound shark, whitemouth croaker, angel shark, argentine croaker, Brazilian codling, stripped weakfish, tope shark, bluefish, flounder and leatherjack. The remaining represented less than 0.5% each, and were grouped into the categories "Other bony fishes" or "Other elasmobranchs".
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The pelagic species hardhead halfbeak, Chriodorus atherinoides, and leatherjack, Oligoplites saurus, were not common, and the scrawled cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis; the striped burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi; and the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, were all observed only once.
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Pyleigh Studio had leatherjacks once used for liquids, carpet bowls a huge variety of wooden objects, prints, old metal work, ceramics, glass (and that was only one shelf) at this stand I also saw a fine wooden model of a sculling boat, slim as a razor, something which someone ought to purchase and present immediately to Bewdley Rowing Club.
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