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electric fish

(Encyclopedia)electric fish, name for various fish that produce electricity by means of organs usually developed from modified muscle tissue. The electric eels of South America are freshwater knifefish unrelated to...

rainbow fish

(Encyclopedia)rainbow fish: see killifish.

banana fish

(Encyclopedia)banana fish: see bonefish.

cutlass fish

(Encyclopedia)cutlass fish: see mackerel.

fighting fish

(Encyclopedia)fighting fish: see betta.

fish farming

(Encyclopedia)fish farming: see aquaculture.

fish hawk

(Encyclopedia)fish hawk: see osprey.

duckbill, fish

(Encyclopedia)duckbill, fish: see paddlefish.

surf fish

(Encyclopedia)surf fish: see surfperch.

buffalo fish

(Encyclopedia)buffalo fish: see sucker.