A fish which lives in mud (whether marine, estuarine, or freshwater); spec. (a) U.S. the black and silver killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus; (b) U.S.…

Any of various other small fishes which are typically thought to resemble a sprat. Also: a young herring; cf. sprat herring n. (a) at compounds 2…

Originally: the European anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius. Later more widely: any of numerous anglerfishes of the order Lophiiformes; spec. any of…

Any of various fishes frequenting rocky shores or seabeds; spec. (a) (frequently with distinguishing word) any of numerous fishes of the family Sc…

Any of various marine fishes with a tail that is partly or entirely yellow.

Zoology. As the name of various fishes (see quots.). Also attributive.

Any of several small marine fishes of the family Centracanthidae (or Maenidae, Emmelichthyidae), found chiefly in the eastern Atlantic; esp. either…

Either of two wrasses (family Labridae) found off the coasts of the western Atlantic and the Caribbean: the large and edible Lachnolaimus maximus…

any of various grunts (family Haemulidae) of the western Atlantic; (now) spec. Anisotremus virginicus, which has longitudinal yellow stripes…

Any fish characterized by a suctorial disk by which it adheres to foreign objects; e.g. fishes of the genus Cyclopterus (cf. lump sucker n. at lump…

Any of various perciform fishes with dark stripes, as (Australian) a sea chub, Girella zebra, (South African) a sea bream, Diplodus cervinus, and…

Any of various fishes with yellow underparts, esp. the golden perch, Macquaria ambigua.

a silvery steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus; (also) the white musselcracker, Sparodon durbanensis (see musselcracker, n. 2).

a North American freshwater fish, Catostomus or Hypentelium nigricans, also called stone-lugger or stone-roller (see quot. 1817); also applied to…

Any of various freshwater fishes of other families, esp. Anablepidae and Percidae, having eyes set high on the head and, in the case of members of A…

A large marine food-fish, Seriolella brama, found near the South Island of New Zealand.

Name given to various fishes with barbels on the lips, and/or chin, as the sea-fish Sciæna capensis, related to and very like the Mediterranean…

(a) Astronomy and Astrology (an English name of) the zodiacal sign Capricorn and the constellation Capricornus; cf. Sea Goat n. at sea, n. additions…

one of the Holostomata or of the Holostomi (see above).

either of two tropical snappers of coral reefs in the West Atlantic, Lutjanus synagris (chiefly U.S.) and L. mahogoni (chiefly Caribbean), which…

= sucker, n. 11.

U.S. A croaker, Bairdiella chrysoura, of the southern United States. Also called silver perch, yellowtail.

A small edible croaker, Seriphus politus (family Sciaenidae), found off the Pacific coast of North America.

a small cigar-shaped fish of the genus Decapterus, found in the West Indies and south-eastern U.S.

(a) = emperor angelfish n.; (b) = emperor bream n.

A yellow and blackish-brown angelfish, Holacanthus tricolor (family Pomacanthidae), found on coral reefs in the Caribbean. Also more fully rock beauty…

Any of various fishes noted for their oily flesh, esp. Ruvettus pretiosus (family Gempylidae), a large, long-bodied, purple-brown fish of tropical…

Any of several Indo-Pacific flagtails (genus Kuhlia); esp. K. sandvicensis, a fish of Hawaiian waters.

A fish, Verrugato pacificus, found on the Pacific coast of Central America, used as a food.

Either of two small tropical fishes of the genus Photoblepharon (family Anomalopidae), having a luminous organ below each eye and living around…

any of several marine fishes with prominent mouths, esp. an Australian food fish, Lethrinus chrysostomus, or a brightly coloured tropical fish of…

U.S. Any of several globefishes; esp. the smooth puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus. Now rare.

Any of several small reddish fishes sometimes used as bait by anglers; esp. (Australian) Emmelichthys nitidus (family Emmelichthyidae) of southern…