- Common european fish - Fish - Fish, often called snapper - Food fish - Freshwater fish - Pond fish - A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis,
little valued as food. Several species are known.
- A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis),
allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for
bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. - What may be got without skill or merit. - A person easily duped or cheated. - The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or
axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing,
as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a
horizontal. - A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive
the pintle of the rudder. - To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose
upon.
- A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus)
found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red
perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream,
and bergylt.
- Possible angler’s catch - A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five
hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous
brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw. - A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern
California, valued as a food fish. - The black grouper of Florida and Texas. - A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
- Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. - Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera,
allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are
small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of
North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.
- Edible flatfish - European fish - Flatfish - A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed
as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color
on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered
over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also
bannock fluke. - Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder
(see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta
guttulata) of California. - The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. - The trigger fish.
- A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or
more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a
staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon,
sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
- Aquarium creature - A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus);
-- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have
been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament,
in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also
golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope. - A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the
garibaldi.