From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Menticirrhus \Menticirrhus\ prop. n.
A genus of kingfishes, including the whiting.
Syn: genus Menticirrhus.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Menticirrhus
n 1: kingfishes; whiting [syn: Menticirrhus, genus
Menticirrhus]