💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Predatory fish"
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| Word | Definition |
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| bird of preynoun | A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on land vertebrates. |
| forage fish | Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e.g. krill). |
| pacific barracuda | Sphyraena argentea (also known as the Pacific barracuda, California barracuda or the silver barracuda) is a predatory species of marine barracuda fish of the family Sphyraenidae. |
| billfishnoun | Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw. |
| great barracuda | Sphyraena barracuda, commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda: large, apex predator ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world. |
| bait fish | (or baitfish) small-sized fish caught and used by anglers as bait to attract larger predatory fish, particularly game fish. |
| sphyraena sphyraena | Sphyraena sphyraena, also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean. |
| muskellungenoun | A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy. |
| lamniformes | The (from Greek lamna "fish of prey") an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae). |
| scorpaenidae | The (also known as scorpionfish) a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. |
| sharknoun | (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head. |
| piscivorenoun | A fish eater. |
| sawsharknoun | Any of the order Pristiophoriformes of sharks with long, blade-like snouts edged with teeth. |
| pelagic thresher | The pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae; this group of sharks is characterized by the greatly elongated upper lobes of their caudal fins. |
| barracudanoun | Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators. |
| predationnoun | (zoology) The preying of one animal on others. |
| percomorpha | a large clade of ray-finned fish with more than 17 000 known species that includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish. |
| swordfishnoun | A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius. |
| predatory carp | — |
| iridescent sharknoun | A shark catfish (not a true shark) of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. |
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