fish glossary

Fish: Glossary

Fish: Glossary

  1. 10 Fascinating Facts About Megalodon
  2. 10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
  3. 9 Fish Named After Other Animals
  4. agnathan
  5. aholehole
  6. alaska blackfish
  7. albacore
  8. alewife
  9. alfonsino
  10. alosa
  11. amberjack
  12. anabas
  13. anchovy
  14. anemone fish
  15. anemonefish
  16. angel shark
  17. angelfish
  18. anglerfish
  19. antiarch
  20. arapaima
  21. arawana
  22. archer fish
  23. arctolepis
  24. argentine
  25. arowana
  26. arthrodire
  27. artic char
  28. asian carp
  29. atheriniform
  30. atlantic herring
  31. atlantic salmon
  32. barb
  33. barracuda
  34. barracudina
  35. barramundi
  36. basking shark
  37. bass
  38. batfish
  39. beardfish
  40. bib
  41. bichir
  42. bigeye
  43. billfish
  44. bioelectric organ
  45. birkenia
  46. bitterling
  47. black bass
  48. black shark
  49. blackfish
  50. blacktip shark
  51. bleak
  52. blenny
  53. blind fish
  54. bloodfin
  55. blue shark
  56. blueback
  57. bluefish
  58. bluegill
  59. boarfish
  60. Bombay duck
  61. bonefish
  62. bonito
  63. bony fish
  64. bony tongue
  65. Bothriolepis
  66. bowfin
  67. boxfish
  68. bream
  69. bristlemouth
  70. bristling
  71. brook trout
  72. brotula
  73. brown trout
  74. bull shark
  75. bullhead
  76. bullhead shark
  77. burbot
  78. butterfish
  79. butterfly ray
  80. butterflyfish
  81. candiru
  82. candlefish
  83. capelin
  84. carangid
  85. carcharhinid
  86. cardinal fish
  87. carp
  88. carpet shark
  89. cat shark
  90. catfish
  91. cave fish
  92. Cephalaspis
  93. char
  94. characin
  95. Cheirolepis
  96. chimaera
  97. chinook salmon
  98. chondrichthyan
  99. chondrostean
  100. Chondrosteiformes
  101. chub
  102. chum salmon
  103. cichlid
  104. cisco
  105. Cladoselache
  106. Climatius
  107. climbing perch
  108. clingfish
  109. clownfish
  110. clupeiform
  111. cobia
  112. cod
  113. coelacanth
  114. coho
  115. common clown fish
  116. conger eel
  117. cookiecutter shark
  118. cornetfish
  119. corydoras
  120. crappie
  121. crocodile shark
  122. crossopterygian
  123. cusk
  124. cusk eel
  125. cutlass fish
  126. cutthroat trout
  127. cyclostome
  128. dab
  129. dace
  130. damselfish
  131. danio
  132. darter
  133. dealfish
  134. deep-sea fish
  135. Dinichthys
  136. Dipterus
  137. discus fish
  138. Do Fish Drink Water?
  139. Do Male Seahorses Give Birth?
  140. Do Sharks Really Die if They Stop Swimming?
  141. Do Sharks Sleep?
  142. dogfish
  143. Dolly Varden trout
  144. dolphin
  145. dorado
  146. dory
  147. dragonet
  148. dragonfish
  149. drum
  150. dumb gulper shark
  151. eagle ray
  152. eel
  153. eelpout
  154. electric catfish
  155. electric eel
  156. electric ray
  157. elephantsnout fish
  158. elopiform
  159. Eusthenopteron
  160. filefish
  161. fingerfish
  162. fish
  163. flashlight fish
  164. flathead
  165. flounder
  166. flying fish
  167. flying gurnard
  168. four-eyed fish
  169. fox shark
  170. frogfish
  171. Gadus
  172. Galapagos shark
  173. Ganges shark
  174. gar
  175. garfish
  176. gasterosteiform
  177. ghost pipefish
  178. glassfish
  179. goatfish
  180. goblin shark
  181. goby
  182. goldeye
  183. goldfish
  184. goliath grouper
  185. goosefish
  186. gourami
  187. grayling
  188. graysby
  189. Greenland shark
  190. greenling
  191. grenadier
  192. grouper
  193. grunion
  194. grunt
  195. gudgeon
  196. guitarfish
  197. gulper
  198. gunnel
  199. guppy
  200. haddock
  201. hagfish
  202. hake
  203. halfbeak
  204. halfmoon
  205. halibut
  206. hammerhead shark
  207. hatchetfish
  208. hausen
  209. headstander
  210. herring
  211. hind
  212. hogchoker
  213. hogfish
  214. holostean
  215. How Big Are Anglerfish Compared to Humans?
  216. How Do Fish Sleep?
  217. How Old Is the Oldest Living Greenland Shark?
  218. How Strong Is a Shark’s Bite?
  219. icefish
  220. ichthyology
  221. icicle fish
  222. ictalurid
  223. ide
  224. ilish
  225. jack
  226. java stingaree
  227. killifish
  228. kingfish
  229. knifefish
  230. koi
  231. Labeo
  232. Labyrinth fish
  233. Ladyfish
  234. Lake trout
  235. Lamprey
  236. Lancet fish
  237. Lantern fish
  238. Leaf fish
  239. Lemon shark
  240. Leopard shark
  241. Leptolepis
  242. Ling
  243. Lingcod
  244. lionfish
  245. live-bearer
  246. livebearer
  247. lizardfish
  248. loach
  249. loach catfish
  250. loach goby
  251. loach minnow
  252. long-finned char
  253. long-finned pike
  254. longfin
  255. longfin dragonfish
  256. longfin escolar
  257. longfin smelt
  258. lumpsucker
  259. lungfish
  260. lyretail
  261. mackerel
  262. mackerel shark
  263. madtom
  264. mahimahi
  265. mahseer
  266. mako shark
  267. Man Bites Shark
  268. man-of-war fish
  269. manta ray
  270. marlin
  271. megalodon
  272. megamouth shark
  273. menhaden
  274. milkfish
  275. miller’s-thumb
  276. minnow
  277. mojarra
  278. mola
  279. molly
  280. mooneye
  281. moonfish
  282. moorish idol
  283. moray
  284. mormyrid
  285. mosquitofish
  286. mouthbreeder
  287. mudminnow
  288. mudskipper
  289. mullet
  290. muskellunge
  291. needlefish
  292. nile perch
  293. notopterid
  294. nurse shark
  295. oarfish
  296. Off the Hook: 10 Sharks Protected from Fishing in American Waters
  297. opah
  298. ostariophysan
  299. osteoglossomorph
  300. osteolepis
  301. ostracoderm
  302. pacu
  303. paddlefish
  304. paracanthopterygian
  305. parrot fish
  306. pearlfish
  307. pencil fish
  308. perch
  309. perciform
  310. permit
  311. pickerel
  312. pike
  313. pike perch
  314. pilchard
  315. pilot fish
  316. pinecone fish
  317. pinfish
  318. pink salmon
  319. pipefish
  320. piranha
  321. pirarucu
  322. pirate perch
  323. placoderm
  324. plaice
  325. platy
  326. pleuronectiform
  327. poacher
  328. pocket shark
  329. pollock
  330. pomfret
  331. pompano
  332. porbeagle
  333. porcupine fish
  334. porgy
  335. prickleback
  336. protacanthopterygian
  337. pteraspis
  338. puffer
  339. pumpkinseed
  340. pycnodontiformes
  341. rabbitfish
  342. ragfish
  343. rainbow trout
  344. rasbora
  345. ratfish
  346. ray
  347. red-tailed black shark
  348. redfish
  349. reedfish
  350. remora
  351. rhipidistia
  352. ribbonfish
  353. roach
  354. rohu
  355. roosterfish
  356. rudd
  357. runner
  358. sailfish
  359. salmo
  360. salmon
  361. salmon shark
  362. sand lance
  363. sand shark
  364. sand tiger shark
  365. sanddab
  366. sandfish
  367. sardine
  368. sauger
  369. saury
  370. Saving Sharks in the 2020s
  371. saw shark
  372. sawfish
  373. scad
  374. scalare
  375. scaleless dragonfish
  376. scat
  377. scorpaeniform
  378. scorpionfish
  379. sculpin
  380. sea bass
  381. sea dragon
  382. sea hen
  383. sea lamprey
  384. sea robin
  385. seahorse
  386. shad
  387. shark
  388. sheepshead
  389. shiner
  390. shrimpfish
  391. siamese fighting fish
  392. silversides
  393. skate
  394. sleeper
  395. slickhead
  396. slipmouth
  397. smelt
  398. smooth hound
  399. snail darter
  400. snailfish
  401. snake eel
  402. snakehead
  403. snapper
  404. snipefish
  405. snook
  406. soapfish
  407. sockeye salmon
  408. sole
  409. soupfin shark
  410. spadefish
  411. spearfish
  412. spiny eel
  413. spiny shark
  414. spiny-finned fish
  415. spookfish
  416. squawfish
  417. squirrelfish
  418. stargazer
  419. steelhead
  420. stickleback
  421. stingray
  422. stonefish
  423. sturgeon
  424. sucker
  425. sunfish
  426. surfperch
  427. surgeonfish
  428. swamp eel
  429. sweeper
  430. sweetfish
  431. swim bladder
  432. swordfish
  433. swordtail
  434. tang
  435. tarpon
  436. tautog
  437. teleost
  438. tench
  439. tetra
  440. tetraodontiform
  441. The 1916 Shark Attacks That Gave Sharks a Bad Rap
  442. threadfin
  443. thresher shark
  444. tiger shark
  445. tigerfish
  446. tilapia
  447. tilefish
  448. toadfish
  449. Today in History—July 2: The Canadian Cod Fishery Collapse
  450. tomtate
  451. tonguefish
  452. triggerfish
  453. tripletail
  454. tropical fish
  455. trout
  456. trout-perch
  457. trumpetfish
  458. tubesnout
  459. tule perch
  460. tuna
  461. turbot
  462. two-horned sculpin
  463. unicorn fish
  464. viperfish
  465. wahoo
  466. walking catfish
  467. walleyed pike
  468. weakfish
  469. weatherfish
  470. Weberian apparatus
  471. weever
  472. wels
  473. whale shark
  474. What Animal Has the Longest Life Span?
  475. What Happened to the Megalodon?
  476. whip-tailed ray
  477. white cloud mountain minnow
  478. white shark
  479. whitefish
  480. whiting
  481. Why Do Oarfish Swim Vertically?
  482. Why Do Salmon Die After Spawning?
  483. Why Do Sharks Attack?
  484. Why Do So Few Baby Seahorses Survive?
  485. wolf herring
  486. wolffish
  487. wrasse
  488. wreckfish
  489. Xenacanthus
  490. zebra fish
  491. zebra shark