Words Related to Animals - Marine Fish
Here you will learn the names of marine fish in English such as "sardine", "herring", and "mackerel".
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anchovy
[noun]
a small shoaling fish that is used as food or as bait and resembles herrings
pilchard
[noun]
a small forage fish that is edible and lives in marine waters, forming large shoals
ray
[noun]
any marine cartilaginous fish with a flat body and eyes on the upper surface, which swims using large pectoral fins
salmon
[noun]
a silver-colored fish often found in both freshwater and saltwater environments
sardine
[noun]
a small oily fish of the herring family with silvery color that is used as food
skate
[noun]
a large marine fish related to the ray family with a diamond shape and a tail
snapper
[noun]
any carnivorous warm water perciform fish that is red in color and is valued as food
sprat
[noun]
a very small forage fish that is a European marine fish of the herring family, eaten as food
stingray
[noun]
a large sea fish of the ray family that has a long toxic spine at the base of its tail
sunfish
[noun]
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
brill
[noun]
a type of flatfish characterized by its oval-shaped body, diamond patterned skin, and delicate, mild-flavored flesh
cod
[noun]
a large food fish that lives in cold marine waters with a small barbel and three fins on the back
coelacanth
[noun]
a rare plump marine fish with lobed fins living in Indian Ocean, once thought to be extinct
dab
[noun]
a small flatfish that lives in deep waters and is eaten as food, originated in the North Atlantic
flounder
[noun]
a small marine food fish of the flatfish species that is found in deep oceanic waters
flying fish
[noun]
a group of marine fish that have the ability to glide above the water's surface by using their enlarged pectoral fins as wings
haddock
[noun]
a salt water food fish of the cod family with silvery gray color and a black line under its dorsal fins
halibut
[noun]
a large marine flatfish that is eaten as food, especially on Catholic holy days
herring
[noun]
a mostly coastal fish of silvery color that moves in large shoals and is largely consumed as food
lemon sole
[noun]
a flatfish species found in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its lemon-yellow coloration on the upper side
mackerel
[noun]
a migratory marine fish with greenish blue bars on its body which is a scombroid and is a commercially important game fish
marlin
[noun]
a very large marine fish that has a long body and a long bill inhabiting warm waters, which is caught for sport
swordfish
[noun]
a large migratory marine fish that has a very long pointed snout and is both a food and a game fish
turbot
[noun]
a large European flatfish native to North Atlantic that is an important food fish
whiting
[noun]
a food fish of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean of the cod family that is also known as English whiting
conger
[noun]
a large predatory eel with dark color that lives in shallow coastal waters and is eaten as food
codfish
[noun]
a large food fish that lives in cold marine waters with a small barbel and three fins on the back
wrasse
[noun]
a tropical marine fish with bright colors and wide lips that is kept in aquariums
rainbow trout
[noun]
a cold water coastal fish that is a salmonid and is caught for food or sport, which has green, white, pink, etc. color bands on its body
barracouta
[noun]
a thin and bony marine fish that is eaten as food, caught in southern oceans
horse mackerel
[noun]
an East Atlantic food fish of the jack family that lives in large schools and is caught in Southern Africa
manta
[noun]
a very large tropical fish of the ray family that moves its triangular sides as wings in order to swim
pufferfish
[noun]
any tropical marine fish with no scale that fills with air in the face of threat and is highly poisonous
lanternfish
[noun]
a small bony marine fish with a large mouth and eyes, which has spots on its skin that shine in the dark
barramundi
[noun]
a large perch-like fish that is originally from Australia, which migrates down rivers to the sea in order to spawn
bluefish
[noun]
a tropical marine fish that is blue in color and predatory, which is caught for food
atlantic salmon
[noun]
a ray-finned fish of the salmon family that is used as food and migrates to freshwater streams in order to spawn
skipjack
[noun]
a mid-sized perciform fish of the tuna family that has dark horizontal stripes
mudskipper
[noun]
an amphibious fish of the goby family that is able to move around on mud or wet sand
eel
[noun]
a long and thin freshwater or marine fish that is like a snake, sometimes eaten as food
John Dory
[noun]
a coastal marine game fish with a wide olive-colored body and long dorsal fins
tuna fish
[noun]
important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae
bull shark
[noun]
an aggressive type of shark that lives in warm and shallow waters near coastlines
hammerhead
[noun]
a type of shark with a unique head shape that is wide and flattened, resembling the shape of a hammer
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