Blueback
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Blueback may refer to any of a number of unrelated fish
species with blue coloration (particularly on the dorsal
side), including:
Blueback may also refer to:
In legal parlance, a "blueback" in certain jurisdictions referred to a legal filing, which was submitted with a blue cover on it.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
species with blue coloration (particularly on the dorsal
Dorsum (biology)
In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals that walk upright. In vertebrates the dorsum contains the backbone. The term dorsal refers to anatomical structures that are either situated toward or grow...
side), including:
- CiscoCisco (fish)The ciscoes are salmonid fish of the genus Coregonus that differ from other members of the genus in having upper and lower jaws of approximately equal length and high gillraker counts...
(lake herring) - Blueback herringBlueback herringThe blueback herring is an anadromous species of herring from the east coast of North America from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to the St. John’s River in Florida. Blueback herring form schools and are believed to migrate offshore to overwinter near the bottom.This fish has, in the past, been used as...
(Alosa aestivalis) - Sockeye salmonSockeye salmonSockeye salmon , also called red salmon or blueback salmon in the USA, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it...
- Blueback is a local nickname for Beardslee troutBeardslee troutBeardslee trout are a local form of Rainbow trout endemic to Lake Crescent in Washington. By some sources, they are treated as a subspecies....
. - Blueback is a hooded sealHooded SealThe hooded seal is an arctic pinniped found only in the central and western North Atlantic ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St...
when it's up to about 14 (16) months of age - Blueback is a US dollar mentioned in the movie Escape from LA
Blueback may also refer to:
- BluebackBlueback (novel)Blueback is a short novel by critically acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton, published in 1997. It is subtitled: A fable for all ages....
, a 1997 novel by Australian author Tim WintonTim WintonTimothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....
, which explores universal human themes such as love for family, passion, growing up, and belonging. - USS Blueback (SS-326)USS Blueback (SS-326)USS Blueback , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 7 May 1944 sponsored by Mrs...
, a US Navy submarine of the Balao-classBalao class submarineThe Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...
. - USS Blueback (SS-581)USS Blueback (SS-581)USS Blueback is a decommissioned Barbel-class submarine formerly in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for a form of the rainbow or steelhead trout found only in Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state...
, a Barbel-class submarineBarbel class submarineThe Barbel class of submarines, the last diesel-electric propelled attack submarines built by the United States Navy, incorporated numerous, radical engineering improvements over previous classes...
and the last non-nuclear submarine to join the US Naval Fleet.
In legal parlance, a "blueback" in certain jurisdictions referred to a legal filing, which was submitted with a blue cover on it.