Lufer

This box was one of just two boxes of lufer seen on sale at the Istanbul market on a recent day. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We heard about a Romanian ship that pulled up a ton of lufer in a single net," he said ruefully. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

Mr. Ersin believes the lufer migration may be going the way of the mackerel, because too many less-mature bluefish, known as cenekop and sarikanat according to their sizes, are being caught. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

These lufer, at $20 a piece, did not come from the Bosphorus. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

The lufer -- a mature bluefish whose larger Atlantic cousin many American fishermen throw back in the sea due to its oily flavor -- is prized here. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The fish most prized here is the lufer, a mature, bluefish that doesn't have the intensely oily flavor that causes many Americans to throw the lufer's bigger Atlantic cousins back in the water. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

Upstream in the Bosphorus Marc Champion/The Wall Street Journal One of just two boxes of prized lufer, mature bluefish, on sale at the Istanbul municipal wholesale fish market on a recent day. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

[Zachy] could be a [lufer] if everyone [liked] him. ❋ Eric/Greg (2004)