DCHP-1 Online
mud-fish Esp. Nfld, Obs. 
n. See 1819 quote.
See also: green fish
- 1762 (1869) We have nothing left us but a precarious right, subject to cavil and insult, to the morue verte, or mud-fish, a commodity not marketable in Portugal, Spain, or Italy, but only fit for our own home consumption.
- 1808 For Sale . . . Dried Cod Fish at 15s. per Cwt. Mud ditto, 10s. per do.
- 1819 It frequently happens that some of the fish, taken towards the close of the fishing season, is not fit to be put on-board for exportation . . . It is called mud-fish; though this appellation belongs more properly to another kind, expressly prepared for the English market, where it is generally preferred. This last is split not quite open, but only down to the navel; it is then salted and washed in the usual manner, and barrelled up in a strong pickle of salt boiled in water.
- 1832 . . . mud-fish, or green fish, is generally understood to be cod-fish, either wholly or partially split and pickled.
- 1762 (1869) We have nothing left us but a precarious right, subject to cavil and insult, to the morue verte, or mud-fish, a commodity not marketable in Portugal, Spain, or Italy, but only fit for our own home consumption.