toothfish

American  

[tooth-fish] / ˈtuθˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

toothfish

1. either of two species of ray-finned fish in the genus Dissostichus, found in the Antarctic and subantarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

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Example Sentences

By 2018, the entire population of orcas in these waters had taught one another to feast on longline buffets, with whole groups that previously foraged on seals and penguins developing a taste for human-caught toothfish.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

And “Chilean sea bass”? Not a bass at all, but a rebrand of something called a Patagonian toothfish.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Some hope the group could make progress on other agenda items, including new rules on krill fishing and reaching agreement on fishing for valuable Antarctic toothfish, marketed as Chilean sea bass.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Now toothfish, slimehead, yelloweye and witch are swallowed whole As “sea bass,” “roughy,” “snapper” and of course the “Torbay sole.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

International agreements were adopted in late 1999 to   reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which in the   1998-99 season landed five to six times more Patagonian toothfish   than the regulated fishery.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency