Fish Codexery

A source-cited reference to fish

Fish (40)

• Agnatha — Jawless fish: a paraphyletic group including hagfish, lampreys, and extinct forms like conodonts.
• Anglerfish — Ray-finned fish using a modified fin ray as a lure.
• Barracuda — Large, predatory, ray-finned, saltwater fish of the genus Sphyraena.
• Characiformes — Order of ray-finned fish including piranhas and tetras.
• Chondrichthyes — Cartilaginous fish with skeletons of cartilage, not bone.
• Coelacanth — Coelacanths are an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish belonging to the class Actinistia. As members of the…
• Cypriniformes — An order of ray-finned fish including carps, minnows, and loaches, diverse in Asia but absent from Australia and South…
• Galaxiidae — Small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere, many amphidromous.
• Grouper — Groupers are large, predatory fish known for their protogynous hermaphroditism.
• Haddock — A commercially vital North Atlantic gadoid with a distinctive black blotch.
• Hagfish — Jawless fish that produce slime and lack a vertebral column.
• Lungfish — Closest living relatives of tetrapods with air-breathing lungs.
• Mahi-mahi — A fast-growing, colorful surface-dwelling fish found worldwide.
• Mullet (fish) — Ray-finned fish family with historical food importance worldwide.
• Acanthodii — Extinct jawed fishes, the 'spiny sharks' that were stem-cartilaginous fish.
• Actinopterygii — Ray-finned fish dominate aquatic ecosystems and vertebrate diversity.
• Alaska pollock — A key North Pacific fish, second only to Peruvian anchoveta in global catch.
• Arapaima — Large air-breathing freshwater fish of South America.
• Bichir — Archaic ray-finned fishes with lungs and dorsal finlets.
• Carp — Freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, valued and invasive worldwide.
• Catfish — Diverse ray-finned fish known for barbels and lack of scales.
• Cichlid — Diverse fish family known for rapid evolution and parental care.
• Coral reef fish — Diverse, colorful fish adapted to complex coral reef ecosystems.
• Cyprinodontiformes — An order of small, mostly freshwater fish including killifish and live-bearers.
• Deep-sea fish — Fish adapted to the dark, high-pressure depths of the ocean.
• Electric eel — Neotropical freshwater fish that generate powerful electric shocks.
• Electric ray — Cartilaginous fish that stun prey with electric discharges.
• European seabass — A commercially important temperate bass native to European and African coasts.
• Flatfish — Ray-finned fish with both eyes on one side of the head.
• Flying fish — Saltwater fish that glide above the ocean surface.
• Gill — Respiratory organ for aquatic gas exchange.
• Gobioidei — Suborder of ray-finned fish, mostly small benthic gobies.
• Goldfish — A popular aquarium fish native to China, selectively bred for over a thousand years.
• Guppy — Small livebearing fish native to South America, widely introduced worldwide.
• Herring — Forage fish forming large schools, vital to fisheries science and history.
• Ilish — An anadromous fish vital to South Asian cuisine and economy.
• Koi — Ornamental carp bred from Amur carp in Japan.
• Lamprey — Jawless fish with a sucking mouth, found in temperate waters.
• Milkfish — Sole living species of the ancient family Chanidae.
• Northern pike — A carnivorous freshwater fish of the Northern Hemisphere.

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