bonefish

/bohn-fish/US // ˈboʊnˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ) //

红鱼,鲈鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural bone·fish·es, bone·fish.
- : a marine game fish, Albula vulpes, found in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of numerous small, fine bones.
- : ladyfish.

I’d never fished for bonefish before and found the ecosystem of the flats amazing.
I made the mental observation that the man who had named them bonefish should have had half of that name applied to his head.
When a bonefish feeds his head is down and his tail is up, and, the water being shallow, the upper fluke of his tail stands out.
Other men tried it for days without success, though it appeared bonefish were passing every tide.
I saw many ten-pound fish, but I did not know enough about bonefish then to appreciate what I saw.
Whenever I would stick my rod in the sand and go in out of the hot sun a bonefish would take my bait and start off to sea.