food fish

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bottom fish, groundfish

fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

barracouta, snoek

a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa

shad

herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

Clupea harangus, herring

commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

sardine

any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned

salmon

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

trout

any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons

whitefish

silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

sea bass

any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

snapper

any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters

tuna, tunny

any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

sole

right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

Alosa sapidissima, common American shad

shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

Alosa chrysocloris, river shad

shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima

Alosa alosa, allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad

European shad

Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus

important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic

Clupea harengus pallasii, Pacific herring

important food fish of the northern Pacific

sild

any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway

Clupea sprattus, brisling, sprat

small herring processed like a sardine

blackfish

female salmon that has recently spawned

redfish

male salmon that has recently spawned

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning

Oncorhynchus nerka, blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

Oncorhynchus keta, chum, chum salmon

a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon

small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes

Salmo trutta, brown trout, salmon trout

speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America

Salmo gairdneri, rainbow trout

found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska

Salvelinus namaycush, lake trout, salmon trout

large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States

Salvelinus fontinalis, brook trout, speckled trout

North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe

Coregonus clupeaformis, lake whitefish

found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska

Coregonus artedi, cisco, lake herring

important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, round whitefish

a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia

Prosopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefish

whitefish of the western United States and Canada

Synagrops bellus, blackmouth bass

small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity

Centropristis philadelphica, rock bass, rock sea bass

a kind of sea bass

Centropistes striata, black bass, black sea bass

bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States

Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striped bass, striper

marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Polyprion americanus, stone bass, wreckfish

brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks

Serranus subligarius, belted sandfish

found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic

grouper

usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas

Lutjanus blackfordi, red snapper

an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

Lutjanus griseus, gray snapper, grey snapper, mangrove snapper

found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida

Lutjanus analis, mutton snapper, muttonfish

similar to and often marketed as `red snapper';

Lutjanus apodus, schoolmaster

food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail, yellowtail snapper

superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Thunnus alalunga, albacore, long-fin tunny

large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters

Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel

largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna

may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics

European sole, Solea solea

highly valued as food

Solea lascaris, lemon sole

small European sole

English sole, Parophrys vitulus, lemon sole

popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole

a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Trinectes maculatus, hogchoker

useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama

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fish

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills