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Its scientific name originates from its common name patí, though it may be simply referred to as pez gato ("catfish") in Spanish. [1] This species is the only recognized species in its genus. It is found mostly in turbid and deep waters with moderate current. This fish can reach up to 103 centimetres (41 in) TL. [1]
The fish-man of Liérganes (Spanish: El hombre pez) is an entity of the mythology of Cantabria, located in the north of Spain.The fish-man would be an amphibian human-looking being, who looked a lot like a metamorphosis of a real human being who was lost at sea.
Andrés de Pez was born in Cádiz in 1657 [citation needed] into a naval tradition. His father and older brother were Spanish Naval captains. By the age of 16, de Pez had also entered the Spanish Navy, sailing to and from the Americas.
Pez is a brand of candy. Pez, the Spanish word for fish, may also refer to: Pez, an identifier of human gene PTPN14; Pez-e Olya ("Upper Pez"), a village in Iran; Pez-e Sofla ("Lower Pez"), a village in Iran; Pez-e Vosta ("Middle Pez"), a village in Iran; Barbadillo del Pez, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile y León, Spain
[2] [3] It is often known by the common name Argentinian silverside [1] or pejerrey (the latter is of Spanish origin, meaning "king fish," the Latin piscis given rise to "pez," fish, and "peje," a kind of fish, and "rey," king), [4] but it is not the only species of silverside in Uruguay and Argentina and pejerrey is also used for many other ...
The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from North Carolina and Bermuda through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits coral or rock reefs at depths of 1 to 70 m (3.3 to 229.7 ft).
In Central America it is known as gaspar and in Mexico it is known as pejelagarto, a contraction of the words "pez" (fish) and "lagarto" (alligator). This gar inhabits a wide range of fresh and brackish water habitats such as rivers, floodplains , lakes and pools, but avoids areas with a strong current. [ 5 ]
Some loanwords enter Spanish in their plural forms but are reanalyzed as singular nouns (e.g., the Italian plurals el confeti 'confetti', el espagueti 'spaghetti', and el ravioli 'ravioli'). These words then follow the typical morphological rules of Spanish, essentially double marking the plural (e.g., los confetis, los espaguetis, and los ...