Fish

Patricia P. (United States of America)
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  1. wrasse
    chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
  2. pompano
    any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
  3. palometa
    smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
  4. catfish
    any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
  5. cryptobiotic
    of or related to the state of cryptobiosis
  6. cichlid
    freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
  7. carp
    any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
  8. hammerhead
    the striking part of a hammer
  9. trout
    any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
  10. toadfish
    bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
  11. pike
    weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole
  12. perch
    an elevated place serving as a seat
  13. hagfish
    eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
  14. snook
    large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
  15. herring
    a commercially important fish that is often eaten as food
Created on Fri Jun 19 09:43:11 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Jan 09 10:19:29 EST 2010)

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