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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.
The sea lamprey has an eel-like body without paired fins. Its mouth is jawless, round and sucker-like, and as wide or wider than the head; sharp teeth are arranged in many concentric circular rows around a sharp, rasp-like tongue. There are seven branchial or gill-like openings behind the eye. Sea lampreys are olive or brown-yellow on the ...
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.
In British folklore, the monster known as the Lambton Worm may have been based on a lamprey, since it is described as an eel-like creature with nine eyes. [citation needed] In Japanese, lamprey are called yatsume-unagi (八つ目鰻, "eight-eyed eels"), thus excluding the nostril from the count. [citation needed]
A Fish out of Water: Illustrations by P. D. Eastman: Carlos K. Krinklebine Goldfish: Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat: In the 1971 The Cat in the Hat TV special named Carlos K. Krinkelbein Unnamed Fish Dr. Seuss: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Also featured in a Beginner Book Video series. Swimmy Black fish Leo Lionni: Swimmy
A similar strategy has been employed by fish in the presence of large reef sharks, as they use the larger animal as a tool to ambush prey. [46] The opportunistic nature of giant trevally has also been made evident by studies on the mortality rate of undersized or egg-bearing lobsters released from traps at the water's surface of the Hawaiian ...
Eric Roberts is one with animals. “I’m convinced the fish in our pond [recognize] my singing voice,” Roberts, 67, exclusively tells Us Weekly‘s 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me, noting ...
They are commonly found attached to sharks, manta rays, whales, turtles, and dugongs, hence the common names "sharksucker" and "whalesucker". Smaller remoras also fasten onto fish such as tuna and swordfish , and some of the smallest remoras travel in the mouths or gills of large manta rays, ocean sunfish , swordfish and sailfish .