#superorder_Malacopterygii__Malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: subclass_Teleostei
member: soft-finned_fish__malacopterygian any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
member: whitebait the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
member: order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
member: cypriniform_fish__cypriniformfish a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
member: family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae loaches
member: loach slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
member: family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
member: cyprinid_fish__cyprinid soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
member: carp any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
member: genus_Cyprinus__Cyprinus type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
member: 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
member: genus_Abramis__Abramis European fishes
member: European_bream__Abramis_brama European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
member: genus_Tinca__Tinca tench
member: tench__Tinca_tinca freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
member: genus_Leuciscus__Leuciscus a genus of fish including: dace, chub
member: dace__Leuciscus_leuciscus small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
member: chub__Leuciscus_cephalus European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
member: genus_Notropis__Notropis shiners
member: common_shiner__silversides__Notropis_cornutus the common North American shiner
member: genus_Notemigonus__Notemigonus golden shiners
member: genus_Rutilus__Rutilus roaches
member: Rutilus_rutilus__roach European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
member: genus_Scardinius__Scardinius rudds
member: rudd__Scardinius_erythrophthalmus European freshwater fish resembling the roach
member: genus_Phoxinus__Phoxinus minnows
member: minnow__Phoxinus_phoxinus very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
member: genus_Gobio__Gobio true gudgeons
member: gudgeon__gobiogobio small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
member: genus_Carassius__Carassius goldfish
member: goldfish__Carassius_auratus small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
member: crucian_carp__cruciancarp__Carassius_carassius__Carassius_vulgaris European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
member: family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae small family comprising the electric eels
member: genus_Electrophorus__Electrophorus type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
member: electric_eel__Electrophorus_electric eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
member: family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
member: catostomid a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
member: sucker mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
member: genus_Catostomus__Catostomus type genus of the family Catostomidae
member: genus_Ictiobus__Ictiobus buffalo fishes
member: black_buffalo__blackbuffalo__Ictiobus_niger fish of the lower Mississippi
member: genus_Hypentelium__Hypentelium a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: genus_Maxostoma__Maxostoma a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: redhorse_sucker__redhorse North American sucker with reddish fins
member: family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
member: cyprinodont any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
member: genus_Fundulus__Fundulus killifish
member: mummichog__Fundulus_heteroclitus silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the United States Atlantic coast
member: striped_killifish__stripedkillifish__mayfish__fundulusmajali black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts
member: genus_Rivulus killifish
member: rivulus__rivulu found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic
member: genus_Jordanella__Jordanella flagfishes
member: American_flagfish__flagfish__Jordanella_floridae flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
member: genus_Xyphophorus__Xyphophorus swordtails
member: swordtail__helleri__Xyphophorus_helleri freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
member: genus_Lebistes__Lebistes guppies
member: family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae topminnows
member: 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
member: genus_Gambusia__Gambusia mosquitofish
member: mosquitofish__Gambusia_affinis silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
member: genus_Platypoecilus__Platypoecilus platys
member: platy__Platypoecilus_maculatus small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
member: genus_Mollienesia__Mollienesia mollies
member: mollie__molly popular aquarium fish
member: family_Characidae__Characidae tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America
member: characin_fish__characin__characid any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
member: genus_Hemigrammus__Hemigrammus tetras
member: tetra brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
member: genus_Paracheirodon__Paracheirodon a genus of Characidae
member: cardinal_tetra__Paracheirodon_axelrodi small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia
member: genus_Serrasalmus__Serrasalmus piranhas
member: piranha__pirana__caribe small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
member: order_Siluriformes__Siluriformes an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
member: siluriform_fish__catfish any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
member: family_Siluridae__Siluridae Old World catfishes
member: 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
member: genus_Silurus__Silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
member: European_catfish__sheatfish__Silurus_glanis large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
member: genus_Malopterurus__Malopterurus electric catfish
member: electric_catfish__Malopterurus_electricus freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
member: family_Ameiuridae__Ameiuridae North American catfishes
member: genus_Ameiurus__Ameiurus type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes
member: bullhead any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
member: genus_Ictalurus__Ictalurus channel catfishes
member: genus_Pylodictus__Pylodictus flathead catfishes
member: flathead_catfish__mudcat__goujon__shovelnose_catfish__spoonbill_catfish__spoonbillcatfish__Pylodictus_olivaris large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
member: family_Laricariidae__Laricariidae armored catfish
member: armored_catfish South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
member: family_Ariidae__Ariidae sea catfishes
member: sea_catfish any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
member: genus_Arius__Arius type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes
member: crucifix_fish catfish of the Caribbean area
member: order_Gadiformes__Gadiformes cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
member: family_Gadidae__Gadidae large family of important mostly marine food fishes
member: gadoid_fish__gadoid a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
member: genus_Gadus__Gadus type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
member: cod__codfish major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
member: genus_Merlangus__Merlangus whitings
member: Merlangus_merlangus__whiting__Gadus_merlangus a food fish of European Atlantic waters resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
member: genus_Lota__Lota burbot
member: genus_Melanogrammus__Melanogrammus haddock
member: Melanogrammus_aeglefinus__haddock important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
member: genus_Pollachius__Pollachius pollack
member: Pollachius_pollachius__pollack important food and game fish of northern seas especially North Atlantic; related to cod
member: genus_Merluccius__Merluccius hakes
member: genus_Urophycis__Urophycis hakes
member: ling American hakes
member: genus_Molva__Molva ling
member: Molva_molva__ling elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
member: Brosmius__genus_Browmius cusk
member: family_Macrouridae__Macrouridae__Macruridae__family_Macruridae grenadiers
member: rattail__grenadier__rattail_fish__rattailfish deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
member: order_Anacanthini__Anacanthini at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
member: order_Anguilliformes__Anguilliformes__order_Apodes elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
member: eel voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
member: family_Anguillidae__Anguillidae eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
member: genus_Anguilla__Anguilla type genus of the Anguillidae: eels
member: 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
member: family_Muraenidae__Muraenidae marine eels
member: 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
member: family_Congridae__Congridae marine eels
member: conger_eel__conger large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
member: order_Isospondyli__Isospondyli most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
member: family_Gonorhynchidae__Gonorhynchidae coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
member: genus_Gonorhynchus__Gonorhynchus slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
member: beaked_salmon__sandfish__Gonorhynchus_gonorhynchus fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
member: family_Clupeidae__Clupeidae herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
member: clupeid_fish__clupeidfish__clupeid any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
member: genus_Alosa__Alosa shad
member: shad herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
member: Alosa_pseudoharengus__alewife__Pomolobus_pseudoharengus shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
member: genus_Pomolobus__Pomolobus genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned
member: genus_Brevoortia__Brevoortia menhaden
member: menhaden__Brevoortia_tyrannis shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
member: genus_Clupea__Clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
member: Clupea_harangus__herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
member: Atlantic_herring__Clupea_harengus_harengus important food fish; found in enormous shoals in North Atlantic
member: Pacific_herring__Clupea_harengus_pallasii important food fish of the north Pacific
member: Clupea_sprattus__brisling__sprat small herring processed like a sardine
member: genus_Sardina__Sardina__genus_Sardinia pilchards
member: Sardina_pilchardus__pilchard__sardine small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
member: genus_Sardinops__Sardinops pilchards
member: Pacific_sardine__Sardinops_caerulea small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
member: family_Engraulidae__Engraulidae anchovies
member: anchovy small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
member: family_Salmonidae__Salmonidae salmon and trout
member: salmonid soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
member: salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
member: genus_Salmo__Salmo type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout
member: Salmo_salar__Atlantic_salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
member: brown_trout__browntrout__salmon_trout__Salmo_trutta speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
member: Salmo_gairdneri__rainbow_trout__rainbowtrout found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
member: genus_Onchorynchus__Onchorynchus sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; coho salmon
member: 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
member: quinnat_salmon__quinnatsalmon__chinook__chinooksalmon__king_salmon__Onchorynchus_tshawtscha large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
member: blue_jack__coho__cohoe__coho_salmon__silver_salmon__Onchorynchus_kisutch small salmon of north Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
member: genus_Salvelinus__Salvelinus brook trout
member: Salvelinus_namaycush__lake_trout__salmon_trout large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
member: Salvelinus_fontinalis__brook_trout__speckled_trout North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
member: char any of several small-scaled trout
member: family_Coregonidae__Coregonidae soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
member: whitefish silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
member: genus_Coregonus__Coregonus type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes
member: lake_whitefish__Coregonus_clupeaformis found in Great Lakes and north to Alaska
member: Coregonus_artedi__cisco__lake_herring important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
member: genus_Prosopium__Prosopium whitefishes
member: round_whitefish__Menominee_whitefish__Prosopium_cylindraceum bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia
member: Rocky_Mountain_whitefish__Prosopium_williamsonii whitefish of the western United States and Canada
member: family_Osmeridae__Osmeridae smelts
member: smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
member: genus_Osmerus__Osmerus type genus of the Osmeridae
member: rainbow_smelt__rainbowsmelt__Osmerus_mordax important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
member: Osmerus_eperlanus__sparling__European_smelt the common smelt of Europe
member: genus_Mallotus__Mallotus capelins
member: capelin__capelan__caplin very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
member: family_Elopidae__Elopidae tarpons and ladyfishes
member: genus_Tarpon tarpons
member: tarpon__Tarpon_atlanticus large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
member: genus_Elops__Elops type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder
member: ladyfish__tenpounder__Elops_saurus game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
member: family_Albulidae__Albulidae bonefish
member: genus_Albula__Albula type and sole genus of the family Albulidae
member: bonefish__Albula_vulpes slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
member: family_Argentinidae__Argentinidae small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
member: genus_Argentina__Argentina type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines
member: argentine any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
member: family_Myctophidae__Myctophidae deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
member: lanternfish small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
member: family_Synodontidae__Synodontidae soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
member: lizardfish__snakefish tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
member: family_Chlorophthalmidae__Chlorophthalmidae small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
member: greeneye bottom-livers having large eyes with metallic green luster
member: family_Lampridae__Lampridae opahs
member: genus_Lampris__Lampris type genus of the Lampridae
member: opah__moonfish__Lampris_regius large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
member: New_World_opah__Lampris_guttatus from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
member: family_Trachipteridae__Trachipteridae ribbonfishes
member: ribbonfish marine fish having a long compressed ribbon-like body
member: genus_Trachipterus__Trachipterus type genus of the Trachipteridae
member: dealfish__Trachipterus_arcticus deep-sea ribbonfish
member: family_Regalecidae__Regalecidae ribbonfishes
member: Reglaecus__genus_Regalecus type genus of the Regalecidae
member: 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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