#soft-finned_fish__malacopterygian  any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
  exclusion:  spiny-finned_fish
  supertype:  teleost_fish__teleostfish__teleost__teleostan  a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
  member:  whitebait
  member of:  superorder_Malacopterygii
  subtype:  order_Ostariophysi__Ostariophysi  in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
  subtype:  cypriniform_fish__cypriniformfish  a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
     subtype:  loach  slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
     subtype:  cyprinid_fish__cyprinid  soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
        subtype:  carp  any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
           subtype:  domestic_carp__Cyprinus_carpio  large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
              subtype:  leather_carp__leathercarp  scaleless domestic carp
              subtype:  mirror_carp  domestic carp with some large large shining scales
        subtype:  tench__Tinca_tinca  freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
        subtype:  dace__Leuciscus_leuciscus  small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
        subtype:  chub__Leuciscus_cephalus  European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
        subtype:  shiner  any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
           subtype:  emerald_shiner__emeraldshiner__Notropis_atherinoides  small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster
           subtype:  common_shiner__silversides__Notropis_cornutus  the common North American shiner
           subtype:  golden_shiner__Notemigonus_crysoleucas  shiner of eastern North America having golden glints; sometimes also called `bream'
        subtype:  Rutilus_rutilus__roach  European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
        subtype:  rudd__Scardinius_erythrophthalmus  European freshwater fish resembling the roach
        subtype:  minnow__Phoxinus_phoxinus  very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
        subtype:  gudgeon__gobiogobio  small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
        subtype:  goldfish__Carassius_auratus  small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
           subtype:  silverfish  a silvery variety of Carassius auratus
        subtype:  crucian_carp__cruciancarp__Carassius_carassius__Carassius_vulgaris  European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
     subtype:  electric_eel__Electrophorus_electric  eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
     subtype:  catostomid  a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
        subtype:  sucker  mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
           subtype:  buffalo_fish__buffalofish__buffalofish  any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
              subtype:  black_buffalo__blackbuffalo__Ictiobus_niger  fish of the lower Mississippi
           subtype:  hog_sucker__hogsucker__hog_molly__hogmolly__Hypentelium_nigricans  widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
           subtype:  redhorse_sucker__redhorse  North American sucker with reddish fins
     subtype:  cyprinodont  any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
        subtype:  killifish  small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control
           subtype:  mummichog__Fundulus_heteroclitus  silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the United States Atlantic coast
           subtype:  striped_killifish__stripedkillifish__mayfish__fundulusmajali  black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts
           subtype:  rivulus__rivulu  found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic
           subtype:  American_flagfish__flagfish__Jordanella_floridae  flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
        subtype:  swordtail__helleri__Xyphophorus_helleri  freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
        subtype:  guppy__rainbow_fish__rainbowfish__Lebistes_reticulatus  small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies; often kept in aquariums
     subtype:  topminnow__poeciliid_fish__poeciliidfish__poeciliid__live-bearer  small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
        subtype:  mosquitofish__Gambusia_affinis  silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
        subtype:  platy__Platypoecilus_maculatus  small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
        subtype:  mollie__molly  popular aquarium fish
     subtype:  characin_fish__characin__characid  any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
        subtype:  tetra  brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
        subtype:  cardinal_tetra__Paracheirodon_axelrodi  small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia
        subtype:  piranha__pirana__caribe  small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
  subtype:  siluriform_fish__catfish  any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
     subtype:  silurid_fish__siluridfish__silurid  Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
        subtype:  European_catfish__sheatfish__Silurus_glanis  large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
        subtype:  electric_catfish__Malopterurus_electricus  freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
     subtype:  bullhead  any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
        subtype:  horned_pout__hornpout__pout__Ameiurus_Melas  catfish common in eastern United States
        subtype:  brown_bullhead__brownbullhead  freshwater catfish of eastern United States
     subtype:  channel_catfish__channel_cat__Ictalurus_punctatus  freshwater food fish common throughout central United States
        subtype:  blue_catfish__blue_cat__blue_channel_catfish__blue_channel_cat  a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
     subtype:  flathead_catfish__mudcat__goujon__shovelnose_catfish__spoonbill_catfish__spoonbillcatfish__Pylodictus_olivaris  large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
     subtype:  armored_catfish  South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
     subtype:  sea_catfish  any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
        subtype:  crucifix_fish  catfish of the Caribbean area
  subtype:  gadoid_fish__gadoid  a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
     subtype:  cod__codfish  major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
        subtype:  codling  young codfish
        subtype:  Atlantic_cod__Gadus_morhua  one of the world's most important commercial fishes
        subtype:  Pacific_cod__Alaska_cod__Gadus_macrocephalus  closely related to Atlantic cod
        subtype:  burbot__eelpout__ling__cusk__Lota_lota  elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
        subtype:  scrod__schrod  young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking
     subtype:  Merlangus_merlangus__whiting__Gadus_merlangus  a food fish of European Atlantic waters resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
     subtype:  Melanogrammus_aeglefinus__haddock  important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
     subtype:  Pollachius_pollachius__pollack  important food and game fish of northern seas especially North Atlantic; related to cod
     subtype:  hake  any of several marine food fishes related to cod
        subtype:  silver_hake__Merluccius_bilinearis__whiting  found off Atlantic coast of North America
        subtype:  ling  American hakes
     subtype:  Molva_molva__ling  elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
     subtype:  torsk__Brosme_brosme  large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
     subtype:  rattail__grenadier__rattail_fish__rattailfish  deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
  subtype:  eel  voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
     subtype:  elver  young eel
     subtype:  common_eel__freshwater_eel  eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
     subtype:  Anguilla_sucklandii__tuna  New Zealand eel
     subtype:  moray_eel__morayeel__moray  family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
     subtype:  conger_eel__conger  large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
  subtype:  beaked_salmon__sandfish__Gonorhynchus_gonorhynchus  fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
  subtype:  clupeid_fish__clupeidfish__clupeid  any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
     subtype:  shad  herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
        subtype:  common_American_shad__Alosa_sapidissima  shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
        subtype:  river_shad__rivershad__alosachrysoclori  shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
        subtype:  allice_shad__allis_shad__allisshad__allice__allis__alli__Alosa_alosa  European shad
     subtype:  Alosa_pseudoharengus__alewife__Pomolobus_pseudoharengus  shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
     subtype:  menhaden__Brevoortia_tyrannis  shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
     subtype:  Clupea_harangus__herring  commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
        subtype:  Atlantic_herring__Clupea_harengus_harengus  important food fish; found in enormous shoals in North Atlantic
        subtype:  Pacific_herring__Clupea_harengus_pallasii  important food fish of the north Pacific
     subtype:  sardine  any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
        subtype:  sild  any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
        subtype:  Clupea_sprattus__brisling__sprat  small herring processed like a sardine
     subtype:  Sardina_pilchardus__pilchard__sardine  small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
        subtype:  Pacific_sardine__Sardinops_caerulea  small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
  subtype:  anchovy  small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
     subtype:  mediterranean_anchovy__mediterraneananchovy__Engraulis_encrasicholus  esteemed for its flavor; usually preserved or used for sauces and relishes
  subtype:  salmonid  soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
     subtype:  salmon  any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
        subtype:  blackfish  female salmon that has recently spawned
        subtype:  redfish  male salmon that has recently spawned
        subtype:  Salmo_salar__Atlantic_salmon  found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
           subtype:  landlocked_salmon__lake_salmon  Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern Canada
        subtype:  blueback_salmon__sockeye__sockeyesalmon__redsalmon__Onchorynchus_nerka  small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the north Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
        subtype:  quinnat_salmon__quinnatsalmon__chinook__chinooksalmon__king_salmon__Onchorynchus_tshawtscha  large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
        subtype:  blue_jack__coho__cohoe__coho_salmon__silver_salmon__Onchorynchus_kisutch  small salmon of north Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
     subtype:  trout  any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
        subtype:  brown_trout__browntrout__salmon_trout__Salmo_trutta  speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
           subtype:  sea_trout__seatrout  silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn
        subtype:  Salmo_gairdneri__rainbow_trout__rainbowtrout  found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
        subtype:  Salvelinus_namaycush__lake_trout__salmon_trout  large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
        subtype:  Salvelinus_fontinalis__brook_trout__speckled_trout  North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
     subtype:  char  any of several small-scaled trout
        subtype:  Arctic_char__Salvelinus_alpinus  small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England
  subtype:  whitefish  silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
     subtype:  lake_whitefish__Coregonus_clupeaformis  found in Great Lakes and north to Alaska
     subtype:  Coregonus_artedi__cisco__lake_herring  important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
     subtype:  round_whitefish__Menominee_whitefish__Prosopium_cylindraceum  bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia
     subtype:  Rocky_Mountain_whitefish__Prosopium_williamsonii  whitefish of the western United States and Canada
  subtype:  smelt  small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
     subtype:  rainbow_smelt__rainbowsmelt__Osmerus_mordax  important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
     subtype:  Osmerus_eperlanus__sparling__European_smelt  the common smelt of Europe
     subtype:  capelin__capelan__caplin  very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
  subtype:  tarpon__Tarpon_atlanticus  large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
     subtype:  ladyfish__tenpounder__Elops_saurus  game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
  subtype:  bonefish__Albula_vulpes  slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
  subtype:  argentine  any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
  subtype:  lanternfish  small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
  subtype:  lizardfish__snakefish  tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
  subtype:  greeneye  bottom-livers having large eyes with metallic green luster
  subtype:  lancetfish__lancet_fish__wolffish  large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin
  subtype:  handsaw_fish__handsawfish  a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus
  subtype:  opah__moonfish__Lampris_regius  large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
  subtype:  New_World_opah__Lampris_guttatus  from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
  subtype:  ribbonfish  marine fish having a long compressed ribbon-like body
     subtype:  dealfish__Trachipterus_arcticus  deep-sea ribbonfish
  subtype:  oarfish__king_of_the_herring__ribbonfish__Regalecus_glesne  thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

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