单词 | soft-finned fish |
释义 | soft-finned fish (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY soft-finned fish n any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper malacopterygian acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes cypriniform fisha soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes catfish, siluriform fishany of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth gadoid, gadoid fisha soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae eelvoracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, beaked salmon, sandfishfish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand clupeid, clupeid fishany of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas anchovysmall herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide salmonidsoft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters whitefishsilvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere smeltsmall trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters Tarpon atlanticus, tarponlarge silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida Albula vulpes, bonefishslender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons argentineany of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes lanternfishsmall fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefishtropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide greeneyebottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffishlarge elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail handsaw fisha soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus Lampris regius, moonfish, opahlarge elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean Lampris guttatus, New World opahfrom Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico ribbonfishmarine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body Regalecus glesne, king of the herring, oarfish, ribbonfishthin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin loachslender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes cyprinid, cyprinid fishsoft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales Electrophorus electric, electric eeleel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body catostomida cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae cyprinodontany member of the family Cyprinodontidae live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnowsmall usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control silurid, silurid fishOld World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin bullhead, bullhead catfishany of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States Ictalurus punctatus, channel cat, channel catfishfreshwater food fish common throughout central United States Pylodictus olivaris, flathead catfish, goujon, mudcat, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfishlarge catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw armored catfishSouth American catfish having the body covered with bony plates sea catfishany of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food cod, codfishmajor food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, whitinga food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Melanogrammus aeglefinus, haddockimportant food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller Pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollockimportant food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod hakeany of several marine food fishes related to cod Molva molva, lingelongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried Brosme brosme, cusk, torsklarge edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod grenadier, rattail, rattail fishdeep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail elveryoung eel common eel, freshwater eeleels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked Anguilla sucklandii, tunaNew Zealand eel moray, moray eelfamily of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked conger, conger eellarge dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food shadherring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewifeshad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus Brevoortia tyrannis, menhadenshad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer Clupea harangus, herringcommercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific sardineany of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned Sardina pilchardus, pilchard, sardinesmall fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring Engraulis encrasicholus, mediterranean anchovyesteemed for its flavor; usually preserved or used for sauces and relishes salmonany of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn troutany of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons char, charrany of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus Coregonus clupeaformis, lake whitefishfound in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska Coregonus artedi, cisco, lake herringimportant food fish of cold deep lakes of North America Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, round whitefisha whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia Prosopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefishwhitefish of the western United States and Canada Osmerus mordax, rainbow smeltimportant marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, sparlingthe common smelt of Europe capelan, capelin, caplinvery small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes Elops saurus, ladyfish, tenpoundergame fish resembling the tarpon but smaller Trachipterus arcticus, dealfishdeep-sea ribbonfish characid, characin, characin fishany freshwater fish of the family Characinidae teleost, teleost fish, teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei |
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