redfinn.
/ˈrɛdfɪn/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌfɪn/ΚΠ
1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 96 Fishes. Grey trout,..the redfin, minnow, loach.
2. Chiefly U.S. Any of various North American freshwater fishes with reddish coloration in the fins; spec. (a) = redfin shiner n. at Compounds; (b) = redfin pickerel n. at Compounds; (c) = redfin darter n. at Compounds.
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1817 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1 289 The Red-fin, or C. Cornutus, having elegant scarlet fins and knobs, or long protuberances over the head.
1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 271 I saw one of them secure a number of red-fins, by wading briskly through the water, and striking at them with his bill.
1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 617 The ‘Shiner’, ‘Red-fin’ or ‘Red Dace’ abounds in all streams from New England to Kansas and Alabama.
1899 H. Van Dyke Fisherman's Luck 9 Magic..draws the little suburban boys..around the shallow pools where dace and redfins hide.
1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 316/1 Shiner, a common name applied to the redfin (Notropis cornutus) from New England to Kansas and Alabama.
1962 Copeia No. 1. 121/1 There were only 6 definite cases of cannibalism in which E. a. americanus was found in the stomach contents of other redfins.
1990 Southwestern Naturalist 35 135/2 Creole and redfin darters were collected in the headwaters of the Saline River, Arkansas at the following localities:..Ten Mile Creek..(14 creoles, 10 redfins); [etc.].
3. Chiefly Australian = redfin perch n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > perca fluviatilis (common perch)
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1946 A. D. Butcher Freshwater Fish Victoria 9 Non-indigenous or introduced species..English perch or redfin.
1969 Southerly 29 127 Twice, in the dusk, he caught a redfin.
1993 Global Ecol. & Biogreogr. Lett. 3 81/2 Redfin were apparently able to colonize the river at a rapid rate below the Darling Scarp.
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redfin darter n. a darter, Etheostoma whipplei (family Percidae), the male of which has small bright red spots on the sides of the body, and blue edges and red bands on the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins; cf. sense 2(c).
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1950 Amer. Midland Naturalist 44 90 Peocilichthys whipplii whipplii (Girard). Western redfin darter.
2001 Copeia No. 3. 802/1 The redfin darter..is a wide-ranging species that has been the subject of several taxonomic treatments.
redfin perch n. Australian the European perch, Perca fluviatilis (introduced into Australia in the 19th cent.); cf. sense 3.
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1974 T. D. Scott et al. Marine & Freshwater Fishes S. Austral. 206 The Redfin Perch, a freshwater species..was introduced into Australia many years ago.
1990 Sun Herald (Sydney) 25 Nov. 49/2 Another introduced species, the redfin perch, is carrying the disease EHNV—lethal to native fish—and is a powerful predator.
redfin pickerel n. a grass pickerel of the subspecies Esox americanus americanus, having reddish-orange pelvic and anal fins; cf. sense 2(b).
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1954 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 106 121 Esox americanus Gmelin. Redfin pickerel.
1999 Northeastern Naturalist 6 300 Redfin pickerel..is generally distributed along the coastal plain in the northwestern U.S.
redfin shiner n. any of several North American minnows (family Cyprinidae) with fins flushed with red, esp. in the breeding season; spec. (formerly) †the common shiner, Luxilus cornutus (obsolete), or (now) Lythrurus umbratilis; cf. sense 2(a).
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1883 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 9 Apr. The Lucosomus cornutus or red-fin shiner is a handsome little fellow, with fins and tail of a peculiar delicate red color, found generally in and around the mouths of brooks.
1942 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 45 365 Notropis umbratilis umbratilis (Girard), Blackfin or redfin shiner.
1995 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 146 98/2 The redfin shiner..is found throughout the Ohio River system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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