bigeye scad

noun

1. a widely distributed fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas, having prominent eyes and used as food fish and, especially around Florida and in the Caribbean, as bait.

Example Sentences

Scientists already suspected that silvery fish like the lookdown and the bigeye scad use their skin as camouflage, reflecting light away to be less conspicuous.

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Of the fish they studied, two species called the lookdown and the bigeye scad emerged as camouflage champions.

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