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Butterfish are usually too large and oval for small chicks to swallow.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022

Butterfish have also been growing larger during the past few years of intense warmth, and that, thinks Stephen Kress, might be a key.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014

It would be young scrapper Robert Curtis who wanted the win really bad after his second place finish in last months Butterfish.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Butterfish video and more on this event Click Here The third stop of the Butterfish Surf Series went down at Pipes in Ventura, on January 22nd, 2005.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each fish is at its best in its season, for instance:— Bluefish, Butterfish, Sea, Striped Bass, Porgies, Sea-trout or Weakfish are best from April to September.

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler