- A fish - Fish of the carp family - Freshwater fish - Type of fish - A cockroach. - A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus
rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. - An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
- A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus
erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it
has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called
also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called
azurine, or blue roach.
- Food fish - Freshwater fish - A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp
family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven.
In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of
the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to
several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
- Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or
family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of
which are phosphorescent. - Any fish of the family Scopelidae.