fingerling
/ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ
/noun
A salmon parr.In this 30-week study, researchers stocked 9 ponds at a per-acre rate of 2,000 large fish and 6,000 fingerlings....
- These migratory diving birds winter in the Delta region, where they voraciously feed on channel catfish fingerlings and any other fish they can swallow.
- The least expensive size of fish for stocking is fingerlings, which are one to three inches long.
Origin
Early 18th century: from finger (with reference to its transverse dusky bars) + -ling.