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fighting fish
(Encyclopedia)fighting fish: see betta.fish curing
(Encyclopedia)fish curing. Methods of curing fish by drying, salting, smoking, and pickling, or by combinations of these processes have been employed since ancient times. On sailing vessels fish were usually salted...fish farming
(Encyclopedia)fish farming: see aquaculture.fish hawk
(Encyclopedia)fish hawk: see osprey.flying fish
(Encyclopedia)flying fish, common name for members of the Exocoetidae, a family of carnivorous or herbivorous fish of warmer seas. Flying fishes usually swim in schools. They average 7 to 12 in. (17.5–30 cm) in l...labyrinth fish
(Encyclopedia)labyrinth fish: see betta; climbing perch; gourami; paradise fish. ...paradise fish
(Encyclopedia)paradise fish, brilliantly colored freshwater Asian fish, Macropodus opercularis, often kept in aquariums. The males reach a length of 3 in. (7.6 cm) and turn reddish with blue bars during mating seas...walking fish
(Encyclopedia)walking fish: see climbing perch. ...butterfly fish
(Encyclopedia)butterfly fish, common name for certain members of the Chaetodontidae, a family of reef-dwelling tropical fishes with compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth. Butterfly fish are carnivorous, feed...buffalo fish
(Encyclopedia)buffalo fish: see sucker.Browse by Subject
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