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Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
There are well over 20,000 species of fish, each with a unique scientific name. In addition to their scientific name, many species have one or more common ( vernacular ) names. With so many species in so many places, it is inevitable that many common names are applied to more than one species.
List of fish common names; List of longest fish; M. List of fresh water fishes of Maharashtra; List of marine aquarium fish species; N. List of fish named after animals;
Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
Pages in category "Fish of North America" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alewife (fish)
Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.It was first written in 1976 by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011). Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the 30,000-plus fish species known to science.