pearl-fish,
pearlfish found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pike any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
centrarchid,
sunfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
bass nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
cichlid,
cichlid fish freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
snapper any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
grunt medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
sparid,
sparid fish spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
sea bream,
bream any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
sciaenid,
sciaenid fish widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
mullet bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
threadfin mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
jawfish small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
stargazer heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
sand stargazer small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
blennioid,
blennioid fish elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
goby,
gudgeon small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
flathead pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
archerfish,
toxotes jaculatrix any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
worm fish poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
surgeonfish brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
gempylid snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
cutlassfish,
frost fish,
hairtail long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
scombroid,
scombroid fish important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
