King"fish` (?), n. Zool. (a)
An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.
(b)
The opah.
(c)
The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.
(d)
The queenfish.
© Webster 1913.