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fish, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Anatomy of a ray-finned fish fish, limbless aquatic vertebrate animal with fins and internal gills. Traditionally the living fish have been divided into three class: the primitive jawless fish...

labyrinth fish

(Encyclopedia)labyrinth fish: see betta; climbing perch; gourami; paradise fish. ...

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...

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...

dolphin, fish

(Encyclopedia)dolphin, large, swift game fish, Coryphaena hippurus, also called dorado. It is of nearly worldwide distribution in warm waters. Its long, slender body is blue, and in the living animal there are lumi...

duckbill, fish

(Encyclopedia)duckbill, fish: see paddlefish.

darter, fish

(Encyclopedia)darter, North American fish: see perch. ...

cutlass fish

(Encyclopedia)cutlass fish: see mackerel.

fighting fish

(Encyclopedia)fighting fish: see betta.

Fish, Nicholas

(Encyclopedia)Fish, Nicholas, 1758–1833 and 1848–1902: see Fish, family. ...