Basic Nouns - Fish
Here you will learn some English nouns related to fish such as "salmon", "shark", and "eel".
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a silver-colored fish often found in both freshwater and saltwater environments
a type of large fish that is found in warm seas
a large sea fish with a pointed fin on its back and very sharp teeth
a small red or orange fish often kept as a pet
a long and thin freshwater or marine fish that is like a snake, sometimes eaten as food
a large migratory marine fish that has a very long pointed snout and is both a food and a game fish
any of the order of North American freshwater fish that are distinguished by having barbels and no scales
any freshwater food fish of the salmon family that are found in cold waters of Eurasia and North America
a very large marine fish that has a long body and a long bill inhabiting warm waters, which is caught for sport
a type of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, typically with a deep body and barbels near the mouth
a small carnivorous freshwater fish of the South American origin that has sharp teeth and forms schools
a type of shark with a unique head shape that is wide and flattened, resembling the shape of a hammer
an intelligent sea mammal that looks like a whale and has a long snout and teeth
a sea creature that has a bell-shaped body, which is gelatinous and transparent, long thin tentacles and a poisonous sting
a sea creature with eight, long arms and a soft round body with no internal shell
the microscopic organisms floating in the sea or fresh water on which larger animals feed
a small marine fish with an upright posture, a horse-like head and a curled tail
a marine creature that can change color and has a long soft body with ten tentacles helping it swim very fast
a marine invertebrate with a body full of holes through which water can circulate and nutrients can be absorbed
a marine organism that lives in warm waters and forms clusters of polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to build a hard skeleton
a type of sea creature with a shell, such as clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, lobster, etc.
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
an invertebrate with a wormlike body that is considered a marine creature and lives on seabed, with tentacles around the mouth
a group of marine fish that have the ability to glide above the water's surface by using their enlarged pectoral fins as wings
a migratory marine fish with greenish blue bars on its body which is a scombroid and is a commercially important game fish
a large food fish that lives in cold marine waters with a small barbel and three fins on the back
a small bony marine fish with a large mouth and eyes, which has spots on its skin that shine in the dark
an aggressive type of shark that lives in warm and shallow waters near coastlines
an amphibious fish of the goby family that is able to move around on mud or wet sand
any tropical marine fish with no scale that fills with air in the face of threat and is highly poisonous
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
a flat-bodied marine cartilaginous fish with eyes on the upper surface, swimming primarily using large, wing-like pectoral fins
a South American freshwater knifefish that is able to create an electric charge in order to kill its prey or find its way
any carnivorous freshwater game fish with a long snout and body that inhabits brackish or fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere
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
a small freshwater fish of tropical waters that is a live-bearer and is often kept in aquariums
a small freshwater fish, black and silver in color, with long fins that originates in South America
