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LING |
Common fish |
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BREAM |
Common european fish |
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KING |
Common fish species |
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PILCHARDS |
Common canned fish |
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COD |
Common name for may species of fish |
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SPECK |
A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the
Eastern United States. |
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EXOCOETUS |
A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes.
See Flying fish. |
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WHITING |
A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the
Codfish family; -- called also fittin. |
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SPADEFISH |
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. |
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GILTHEAD |
The Pagrus, / Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish
common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); --
called also giltpoll. |
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LOLIGO |
A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of
squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used
for fish bait. |
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CUSK |
A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the
cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called
also tusk and torsk. |
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SCAD |
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the
European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied
also to several allied species. |
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SEA PIE |
A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked
together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a
three-decker sea pie. |
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SOLE |
Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea
and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common
European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish. |
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PERCH |
...veral other
allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow
perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch... |
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SKIPJACK |
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common
bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish,
the jurel, the leat... |
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TOADFISH |
...large,
thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad.
The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water... |
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LOACH |
... mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The
common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish. ... |
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EEL |
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels
of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel
is a speci... |
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SCUP |
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S.
argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It
appears bright silvery ... |
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CERO |
... of the
genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less
commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the commo... |
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MURAENA |
A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They
differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the
dorsal and anal fins... |
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CHUB |
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp
family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven.
In America the n... |
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OTTER |
...d on fish. Their
fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris;
the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inha... |