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The Speech! allophone-based speech synthesizer software for the BBC Micro was tweaked to pronounce ghoti as fish. [13] Examination of the code reveals the string GHOTI used to identify the special case. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a series of fish-type cards called "Ghoti". [14]
The wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and blood seas. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. [4] The species is sometimes called hoo in the United States. [5] It is best known to sports, as its speed and high-quality makes it a prized and valued game fish.
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.
Hydrocynus vittatus. Several species belonging to the genus Hydrocynus of the family Alestidae are referred to as "tigerfish", and are particularly prized as game fish.These African fish are found in many rivers and lakes on the continent and are fierce predators with distinctive, proportionally large teeth.
Anadromous – fish that live their adult lives in the ocean but migrate up fresh water rivers to spawn. Examples are Pacific salmon. Fish that migrate in the opposite direction are called catadromous. Anoxic sea water – sea water depleted of oxygen. See hypoxia. Anoxic sediments – sediments depleted of oxygen.
Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, Chautauqua Lake in western New York, north into Canada, throughout most of the St Lawrence River drainage, and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, although the species also extends as far south as ...
According to the International Game Fish Association, the current all-tackle world records are: [30] [31] Black crappie: 2.47 kg (5 lb 7 oz), caught by Lionel "Jam" Ferguson at Richeison Pond in Tennessee on 15 May 2018 [32] White crappie: 2.35 kg (5 lb 3 oz), caught by Fred Brigh at Enid Dam, Mississippi on 31 July 1957 [32]
This is a list of fish with common names that are based on the names of other animals. The names listed here may refer to single species, broader taxa ( genera , families ), or assortments of types. Where names are ambiguous, the various meanings should be listed here.