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  2. List of critically endangered fishes - Wikipedia

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    As of July 2017, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1,000 critically endangered fish species, including 87 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] Of all evaluated fish species, 3.0% are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists four fish subspecies as critically endangered.

  3. Filet-O-Fish - Wikipedia

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    The Filet-O-Fish is a fish sandwich sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. [3] It was created in 1962 by Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, [4][5] in response to declining hamburger sales on Fridays due to the practice of abstaining from meat on that ...

  4. List of recently extinct fishes - Wikipedia

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    Salmoniformes. Extinct species. Longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) Coregonus bezola. Coregonus fera. Coregonus gutturosus. Gravenche (Coregonus hiemalis) Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)

  5. Tilapia - Wikipedia

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    Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]

  6. Cobia - Wikipedia

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    Cobia. The cobia (Rachycentron canadum) (/ ˈkoʊbiə /, KOH-bee-ə) is a species of carangiform marine fish, the only extant representative of the genus Rachycentron and the family Rachycentridae. Its other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, codfish, and black bonito.

  7. Pycnodontiformes - Wikipedia

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    Gebrayelichthyidae. Gladiopycnodontidae. Gyrodontidae. Hadrodontidae. Mesturidae. Pycnodontidae. Pycnodontiformes is an extinct order of primarily marine bony fish. The group first appeared during the Late Triassic and disappeared during the Eocene. The group has been found in rock formations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America.

  8. Category:Extinct fish - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Extinct fish. Fishes that are now extinct. Fish that became extinct before 1500 should be categorised as Category:Prehistoric fish . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Extinct fish.

  9. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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    Coelacanth. Coelacanths (/ ˈsiːləkænθ / ⓘ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. [2][3] As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (which includes amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) than to ray-finned fish.