pomfret
noun
any of several scombroid fishes of the family Bramidae, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
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The Stromateidae, or pomfrets, resemble the dory, a Mediterranean form, and extend to China and the Pacific.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various