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Basic Nouns - Fish

Here you will learn some English nouns related to fish such as "salmon", "shark", and "eel".

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Categorized Basic English Nouns
salmon

a silver-colored fish often found in both freshwater and saltwater environments

[noun]
tuna

a type of large fish that is found in warm seas

[noun]
shark

‌a large sea fish with a pointed fin on its back and very sharp teeth

[noun]
goldfish

a small red or orange fish often kept as a pet

[noun]
eel

a long and thin freshwater or marine fish that is like a snake, sometimes eaten as food

[noun]
sardine

a small oily fish of the herring family with silvery color that is used as food

[noun]
swordfish

a large migratory marine fish that has a very long pointed snout and is both a food and a game fish

[noun]
catfish

any of the order of North American freshwater fish that are distinguished by having barbels and no scales

[noun]
trout

any freshwater food fish of the salmon family that are found in cold waters of Eurasia and North America

[noun]
marlin

a very large marine fish that has a long body and a long bill inhabiting warm waters, which is caught for sport

[noun]
carp

a freshwater fish species known for its ability to adapt to various habitats, characterized by its large scales and barbels

[noun]
piranha

a small carnivorous freshwater fish of the South American origin that has sharp teeth and forms schools

[noun]
hammerhead

a type of shark with a unique head shape that is wide and flattened, resembling the shape of a hammer

[noun]
dolphin

an intelligent sea mammal that looks like a whale and has a long snout and teeth

[noun]
jellyfish

a sea creature that has a bell-shaped body, which is gelatinous and transparent, long thin tentacles and a poisonous sting

[noun]
octopus

a sea creature with eight, long arms and a soft round body with no internal shell

[noun]
starfish

an echinoderm that has five arms arranged in the form of a star and feeds on mollusks

[noun]
plankton

the microscopic organisms floating in the sea or fresh water on which larger animals feed

[noun]
seahorse

a small marine fish with an upright posture, a horse-like head and a curled tail

[noun]
squid

a marine creature that can change color and has a long soft body with ten tentacles helping it swim very fast

[noun]
sponge

a marine invertebrate with a body full of holes through which water can circulate and nutrients can be absorbed

[noun]
coral

a marine invertebrate that lives in warm waters and forms polyp clusters which secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath them

[noun]
shellfish

a type of sea creature with a shell, such as clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, lobster, etc.

[noun]
killer whale

a large, black-and-white marine mammal known for its social behavior, intelligence, and adaptability, found in oceans worldwide and known as an apex predator

[noun]
sea cucumber

an invertebrate with a wormlike body that is considered a marine creature and lives on seabed, with tentacles around the mouth

[noun]
dogfish

a small shark with a long body that lives at the bottom of the sea

[noun]
flying fish

a group of marine fish that have the ability to glide above the water's surface by using their enlarged pectoral fins as wings

[noun]
mackerel

a migratory marine fish with greenish blue bars on its body which is a scombroid and is a commercially important game fish

[noun]
codfish

a large food fish that lives in cold marine waters with a small barbel and three fins on the back

[noun]
lanternfish

a small bony marine fish with a large mouth and eyes, which has spots on its skin that shine in the dark

[noun]
bluefish

a tropical marine fish that is blue in color and predatory, which is caught for food

[noun]
bull shark

an aggressive type of shark that lives in warm and shallow waters near coastlines

[noun]
mudskipper

an amphibious fish of the goby family that is able to move around on mud or wet sand

[noun]
dory

a deep-bodied and large-eyed marine fish that can open its mouth very wide

[noun]
pufferfish

any tropical marine fish with no scale that fills with air in the face of threat and is highly poisonous

[noun]
rainbow trout

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

[noun]
beluga

a small sub-Arctic whale that is white, from which caviar is taken

[noun]
ray

any marine cartilaginous fish with a flat body and eyes on the upper surface, which swims using large pectoral fins

[noun]
anchovy

a small shoaling fish that is used as food or as bait and resembles herrings

[noun]
bass

any North American perciform fish that inhabit fresh waters and have lean bodies

[noun]
koi

a large ornamental fish of the carp family originated in Japan

[noun]
lungfish

a freshwater bony fish with a long body that is able to breathe out of water

[noun]
electric eel

a South American freshwater knifefish that is able to create an electric charge in order to kill its prey or find its way

[noun]
pike

any carnivorous freshwater game fish with a long snout and body that inhabits brackish or fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere

[noun]
mullet

any silvery fish of the ray-finned family that forms shoals and is commercially important as food

[noun]
minnow

a small Eurasian game fish of the cyprinoid family that lives in large shoals

[noun]
flatfish

any bottom-dwelling marine fish with a flat body, a color similar to the seabed and both eyes on the upper side of the body

[noun]
sea fish

a fish that can survive the salty water of the sea

[noun]
guppy

a small freshwater fish of tropical waters that is a live-bearer and is often kept in aquariums

[noun]
angelfish

a small freshwater fish, black and silver in color, with long fins that originates in South America

[noun]
whale

a very large animal that lives in the sea, with horizontal tail fin and a blowhole on top of its head for breathing

[noun]
seal

a large sea animal with flippers that eats fish, can live on land and in water, and is hunted by humans for its fur

[noun]
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