red snapper
noun
: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes
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There are plenty of mesmerizing fish — silver whiting and red snappers — but there are also predators lurking that would scare most swimmers away: great white sharks.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
Fish is both a staple and delicacy, the warm waters giving the island rich stocks of kingfish, lobster and red snapper.
—Dominic Kocur, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
And a new red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico, for example, has found success with new premium markets, safer and more professional methods, and good prices – albeit with fewer boats.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
This includes the most relevant data for fisheries managers: the number of red snapper and greater amberjack harvested and released, and the type of habitat the fish were caught from.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2023
Among the various offerings: lasagna with North Florida rabbit; local seafood such as wahoo and red snapper; as well as mangoes galore.
—Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Specialties of the house are the red snapper tostada, fish and shrimp ceviche, oysters and soft-shell crab tacos, as well as Mexican bloody marys and beers.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
Dinner began with a family-style serving of crudités from Back Home Farm in High Falls, N.Y., alongside a ceviche of red snapper and black sea bass from Fjord Fish Market in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood served with Saltine crackers.
—Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The current world-record red snapper on the IGFA books is just over 50 pounds.
—Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
Fish is both a staple and delicacy, the warm waters giving the island rich stocks of kingfish, lobster and red snapper.
—Dominic Kocur, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
And a new red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico, for example, has found success with new premium markets, safer and more professional methods, and good prices – albeit with fewer boats.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
This includes the most relevant data for fisheries managers: the number of red snapper and greater amberjack harvested and released, and the type of habitat the fish were caught from.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2023
Among the various offerings: lasagna with North Florida rabbit; local seafood such as wahoo and red snapper; as well as mangoes galore.
—Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Specialties of the house are the red snapper tostada, fish and shrimp ceviche, oysters and soft-shell crab tacos, as well as Mexican bloody marys and beers.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
Dinner began with a family-style serving of crudités from Back Home Farm in High Falls, N.Y., alongside a ceviche of red snapper and black sea bass from Fjord Fish Market in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood served with Saltine crackers.
—Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The current world-record red snapper on the IGFA books is just over 50 pounds.
—Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
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1755, in the meaning defined above
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red snapper
noun
: any of several reddish sea fishes including some used for food or sport
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