"Hard to fish sea-breams in six fathoms," said Red Shirt as he dropped a line into the water.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
On the platters were quarters of red beef, breams swimming in grease, and sunbirds with their plumage on.
"Mary Magdalen"
Edgar Saltus
There was another fish like barbilles, and another like breams, headed like a delicate fish, called in Spain besugo, between red and gray.
"A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557"
A Gentleman of Elvas