Fish · Nouns — English Vocabulary

‌a large sea fish with a pointed fin on its back and very sharp teeth

"The shark swims quickly."

"People were afraid of the shark when it came close."

a small red or orange fish often kept as a pet

"The goldfish swam in circles."

"Contrary to popular belief goldfish have a memory span of several months and can be trained to perform simple tricks for food rewards."

a long and thin freshwater or marine fish that is like a snake, sometimes eaten as food

"The slippery eel escaped from the fisherman's hands."

"The electric eel can generate shocks of up to six hundred volts to stun prey and defend itself."

a small oily fish of the herring family with silvery color that is used as food

"He ate a sardine on his cracker."

"The fisherman caught thousands of sardines in his net which were then canned and shipped worldwide."

a large migratory marine fish that has a very long pointed snout and is both a food and a game fish

"The grilled swordfish steak was delicious."

"The swordfish uses its long bill to slash through schools of fish making them easier to catch."

any freshwater food fish of the salmon family that are found in cold waters of Eurasia and North America

"He caught a large trout in the mountain stream."

"The angler released the rainbow trout back into the stream after carefully removing the hook from its lip."

a very large marine fish that has a long body and a long bill inhabiting warm waters, which is caught for sport

"He caught a huge marlin."

"The fisherman fought the marlin for over three hours before finally reeling in the enormous one thousand pound fish."

a type of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, typically with a deep body and barbels near the mouth

"The pond was filled with colorful koi carp."

"The common carp is considered an invasive species in many waterways because it uproots native plants."

a small carnivorous freshwater fish of the South American origin that has sharp teeth and forms schools

"The piranha is known for its sharp teeth."

"Piranhas have razor sharp teeth that interlock like scissors making them efficient at tearing flesh from prey."

a type of shark with a unique head shape that is wide and flattened, resembling the shape of a hammer

"The diver spotted a hammerhead shark in the distance."

"The hammerhead shark's unusual head shape gives it better stereo vision and enhanced electroreception for hunting."

an intelligent sea mammal that looks like a whale and has a long snout and teeth

"The dolphin is very intelligent."

"A dolphin jumped out of the water near our boat."

a sea creature that has a bell-shaped body, which is gelatinous and transparent, long thin tentacles and a poisonous sting

"She got a mild sting from a jellyfish while swimming."

"The jellyfish's tentacles contain thousands of stinging cells that can paralyze small fish and injure humans."

a sea creature with eight, long arms and a soft round body with no internal shell

"The octopus changed color."

"The octopus has three hearts and blue blood because its circulatory system uses copper based hemocyanin instead of iron based hemoglobin for transporting oxygen."

an echinoderm that has five arms arranged in the form of a star and feeds on mollusks

"We found a bright orange starfish on the beach."

"The starfish can regenerate lost arms over time making it remarkably resilient against predators that attack its limbs."

the microscopic organisms floating in the sea or fresh water on which larger animals feed

"Whales feed by filtering plankton from the water."

"Whales consume massive quantities of plankton by filtering seawater through the baleen plates in their enormous mouths."

a small marine fish with an upright posture, a horse-like head and a curled tail

"The seahorse swam slowly."

"The delicate seahorse clung to the seaweed with its prehensile tail."

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

"The killer whale leaped high out of the water."

"Killer whales hunt in coordinated pods using sophisticated strategies to catch seals fish and even great white sharks."

an invertebrate with a wormlike body that is considered a marine creature and lives on seabed, with tentacles around the mouth

"The sea cucumber moved slowly."

"The strange sea cucumber glided along the ocean floor, searching for food."

a small shark with a long body that lives at the bottom of the sea

"The dogfish swam away."

"The small dogfish navigated the sandy seabed, looking for crustaceans."

a group of marine fish that have the ability to glide above the water's surface by using their enlarged pectoral fins as wings

"The flying fish glided above the water to escape its predator."

"The flying fish glides above the water surface for up to two hundred meters to escape underwater predators."

a migratory marine fish with greenish blue bars on its body which is a scombroid and is a commercially important game fish

"We grilled fresh mackerel for dinner."

"Mackerel swim in large schools near the ocean surface and are prized by commercial and recreational fishermen alike."

a large food fish that lives in cold marine waters with a small barbel and three fins on the back

"Codfish is commonly used for fish and chips."

"The codfish population collapsed due to overfishing causing a moratorium on fishing in the North Atlantic."

a small bony marine fish with a large mouth and eyes, which has spots on its skin that shine in the dark

"The lanternfish glowed in the dark depths of the ocean."

"Lanternfish have light producing organs on their bodies that help them camouflage and communicate in the dark deep ocean."

a tropical marine fish that is blue in color and predatory, which is caught for food

"Bluefish is known for its strong"

"Bluefish are aggressive predators that attack baitfish in a feeding frenzy slashing through schools with their sharp teeth."

an aggressive type of shark that lives in warm and shallow waters near coastlines

"A bull shark can swim in rivers."

"Bull sharks are dangerous because they can live in both salt and fresh water."

an amphibious fish of the goby family that is able to move around on mud or wet sand

"The mudskipper used its fins to walk on the muddy shore."

"The mudskipper is a fish that can breathe air and walk on land using its muscular pectoral fins."

a deep-bodied and large-eyed marine fish that can open its mouth very wide

"The fisherman caught a dory."

"John Dory is a distinctive fish with a dark spot on its side that resembles an eye."

any tropical marine fish with no scale that fills with air in the face of threat and is highly poisonous

"The pufferfish inflated itself when it felt threatened."

"The pufferfish inflates its body by swallowing water when threatened making itself too large for predators to swallow."

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

"He caught a rainbow trout."

"The rainbow trout's pink stripe makes it one of the most beautiful freshwater fish sought by anglers."

a small sub-Arctic whale that is white, from which caviar is taken

"The beluga whale is known for its white color and melodic calls."

"The beluga whale is known as the canary of the sea because of its wide range of vocalizations."

a small shoaling fish that is used as food or as bait and resembles herrings

"I ate an anchovy pizza."

"The chef carefully placed a single anchovy on top of each slice of the freshly baked focaccia bread."

a large ornamental fish of the carp family originated in Japan

"The beautiful koi swam gracefully in the garden pond."

"The colorful koi fish in the garden pond can live for over fifty years with proper care."

a freshwater bony fish with a long body that is able to breathe out of water

"The lungfish can survive out of water for long periods."

"The lungfish can survive out of water for several years by burrowing into mud and breathing air."

a South American freshwater knifefish that is able to create an electric charge in order to kill its prey or find its way

"The electric eel can generate a powerful shock."

"Despite its name the electric eel is actually a type of knifefish not a true eel species."

any silvery fish of the ray-finned family that forms shoals and is commercially important as food

"They caught a mullet."

"The fisherman hauled in a net full of shimmering mullet from the sea."

a small Eurasian game fish of the cyprinoid family that lives in large shoals

"The children used a small minnow as bait."

"The tiny minnow swam in a large school making it harder for predators to target any single individual."

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

"The flatfish lay motionless on the sandy ocean bottom."

"Flatfish are born with eyes on both sides of their head but one eye migrates as they mature."

a fish that can survive the salty water of the sea

"The market sells fresh sea fish."

"The market sold a variety of fresh sea fish including sea bass bream and red snapper."

a small freshwater fish of tropical waters that is a live-bearer and is often kept in aquariums

"The guppy swims in tanks."

"The male guppy displays bright colors and elaborate tail fins to attract females for mating."

a small freshwater fish, black and silver in color, with long fins that originates in South America

"The angelfish swam gracefully among the plants."

"The freshwater angelfish is popular in home aquariums because of its distinctive triangular shape and graceful swimming movements."

a large sea animal with flippers that eats fish, can live on land and in water, and is hunted by humans for its fur

"A seal rested on the rock."

"Seals can hold their breath for nearly two hours when diving deep underwater because their bodies store large amounts of oxygen in their muscles and blood."

a silver-colored fish often found in both freshwater and saltwater environments

"Salmon is a healthy fish."

"We bought salmon for dinner and cooked it with lemon."

a type of large fish that is found in warm seas

"I ate tuna for lunch."

"The fisherman proudly displayed the enormous tuna he had caught in the deep ocean."

any of the order of North American freshwater fish that are distinguished by having barbels and no scales

"The catfish has long whiskers called barbels."

"The catfish has whisker like barbels around its mouth that help it locate food in murky water."

a marine creature that can change color and has a long soft body with ten tentacles helping it swim very fast

"The chef prepared fried calamari from fresh squid."

"The giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal reaching up to ten inches in diameter."

a marine invertebrate with a body full of holes through which water can circulate and nutrients can be absorbed

"The sponge absorbed water."

"The absorbent sponge was used to clean the dirty kitchen counter effectively yesterday morning."

a marine organism that lives in warm waters and forms clusters of polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to build a hard skeleton

"Coral reefs provide shelter for thousands of marine species."

"Coral reefs are formed by tiny animals called polyps that secrete hard calcium carbonate skeletons."

a type of sea creature with a shell, such as clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, lobster, etc.

"Shellfish are delicious."

"Some people cannot eat shellfish because they are allergic to them."

a flat-bodied marine cartilaginous fish with eyes on the upper surface, swimming primarily using large, wing-like pectoral fins

"The ray swims in the sea."

"The graceful ray glides through the water, propelled by its enormous, wing-like pectoral fins."

any North American perciform fish that inhabit fresh waters and have lean bodies

"The bass swam in the river."

"Anglers eagerly sought the elusive bass, renowned for its lean body and challenging fight."

any carnivorous freshwater game fish with a long snout and body that inhabits brackish or fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere

"The northern pike is a large"

"The northern pike lurks in weedy shallows waiting to ambush unsuspecting prey with a sudden explosive strike."

a very large animal that lives in the sea, with horizontal tail fin and a blowhole on top of its head for breathing

"The whale is huge."

"We watched a whale near the boat during our trip."