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percoid - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | ||
percoid fish, percoidean | ||
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna | ||
perch any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | ||
perch any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | ||
sandfish either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand | ||
cusk-eel elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes | ||
brotula deep-sea fishes | ||
pearl-fish, pearlfish found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | ||
robalo a kind of percoid fish | ||
pike any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere | ||
centrarchid, sunfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed | ||
bass nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes | ||
serranid, serranid fish marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters | ||
surfperch, surf fish, surffish small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America | ||
bigeye red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales | ||
catalufa, priacanthus arenatus brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters | ||
cardinalfish small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters | ||
lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, tilefish yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters | ||
pomatomus saltatrix, bluefish bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters | ||
cobia, rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters | ||
carangid, carangid fish a percoid fish of the family Carangidae | ||
dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises | ||
blanquillo, tilefish important marine food fishes | ||
cichlid, cichlid fish freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums | ||
snapper any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters | ||
grunt medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught | ||
sparid, sparid fish spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth | ||
sea bream, bream any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae | ||
sciaenid, sciaenid fish widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound | ||
mullet bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin | ||
gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin | ||
sea chub schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic | ||
chaetodipterus faber, spadefish, angelfish deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | ||
butterfly fish small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide | ||
damselfish, demoiselle small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | ||
wrasse chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored | ||
parrotfish, polly fish, pollyfish gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | ||
threadfin mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays | ||
jawfish small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes | ||
stargazer heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | ||
sand stargazer small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey | ||
blennioid, blennioid fish elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins | ||
goby, gudgeon small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker | ||
sleeper goby, sleeper an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" | ||
flathead pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout | ||
archerfish, toxotes jaculatrix any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia | ||
worm fish poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies | ||
surgeonfish brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail | ||
gempylid snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide | ||
cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtail long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel | ||
scombroid, scombroid fish important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | ||
stromateid, stromateid fish, butterfish small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines | ||
clingfish very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc. | ||
tripletail large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail | ||
mojarra small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters |