Root nouns of 8 letters or fewer that the dictionary defines as fish with definitions
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Note: this list is built automatically from the wording of the dictionary definitions. A few words here match the wording without truly belonging to the group, and some words that do belong may be missing. Treat it as a memory aid for learning the words, not as a reference on their meanings.
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| — | AHI | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| A | GED | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | KOI | S | [n. -S] · a large and colorful fish (=kois) |
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| LZ | AMIA | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | BASS | IOY | [n. -ES] · an edible fish / ----- [a. -ER -EST] · deep-sounding~ (=basser bassest) |
| — | CERO | S | [n. CEROS] · a large food fish |
| — | CHUB | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | CUSK | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | DACE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| A | DORE | S | [n. -S] · a large freshwater fish (=dores) |
| — | FUGU | ES | [n. -S] · a toxin-containing~ fish |
| — | GOBY | — | [n. GOBIES] · a small fish |
| S | HAKE | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | LUCE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | MOLA | LRS | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | OPAH | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | POGY | — | [n. -GIES] · a marine fish |
| — | RUDD | SY | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | SCAD | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SCUP | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | SHAD | ESY | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | TUNA | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish / [x] { tuna tunas tunnies tunny } |
| — | TYEE | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
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| — | BETTA | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | CHIRO | S | [n. -ROS] · a marine fish |
| — | CISCO | S | [n. -COS or -COES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | COBIA | S | [n. -S] · a large game fish |
| — | DANIO | S | [n. -NIOS] · an aquarium fish |
| — | GADID | S | [n. -S] · gadoid «a type of fish» / [x] { gadid gadoid § gadids gadoids } |
| — | GUPPY | — | [n. -PIES] · a small, tropical fish |
| — | JUREL | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | KIACK | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the herring family / [x] { kaiak kayak kiack kyack kyak qajaq § kaiaks kayaks kyacks kyaks qajaqs § kaiak kaiaks kayak kayaked kayaking kayaks kiack kyack kyak qajaq } |
| FS | LAKER | S | [n. -S] · a lake fish |
| — | LOACH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| C | LOCHE | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the cod family |
| — | MINNY | — | [n. -NIES] · minnow / [x] { minnow minny § minnies minnows § minnows } |
| — | MOLLY | — | [n. -LIES] · mollie / [x] { mollie molly § mollies § mollies } |
| — | OSCAR | S | [n. -S] · a South American~ fish |
| — | PARGO | S | [n. -GOS] · a food fish |
| — | PORGY | — | [n. -GIES] · a marine food fish |
| T | RUFFE | DS | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | SARGO | S | [n. -GOS] · a silvery marine fish |
| — | SAURY | — | [n. -RIES] · a marine fish |
| S | TENCH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | TETRA | DS | [n. -S] · a tropical fish |
| — | TOGUE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | TORSK | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | TROUT | SY | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | TUNNY | — | [n. -NIES] · a tuna / [x] { tuna tunas tunnies tunny } |
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| — | ALEVIN | S | [n. -S] · a young fish |
| — | ANABAS | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | BIGEYE | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | BLENNY | — | [n. -NIES] · a marine fish |
| — | BONACI | S | [n. -S] · an edible fish |
| — | BONITO | S | [n. -TOS or -TOES] · a marine food fish |
| — | BOWFIN | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | BRAIZE | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish / [x] { braise braize braze § braises brazes § braise braised braises braising braize braze brazed brazes brazing } |
| — | BURBOT | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | CONNOR | S | [n. -S] · a saltwater fish |
| S | CUNNER | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | DORADO | S | [n. -DOS] · a marine fish |
| — | GADOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of fish / [x] { gadid gadoid § gadids gadoids } |
| — | GANOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of fish |
| — | GUNNEL | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish / [x] { gunnel gunwale § gunnels gunwales } |
| — | KILLIE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | LAUNCE | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| CFP | LUNKER | S | [n. -S] · a large game fish |
| — | MARLIN | EGS | [n. -S] · a marine game fish |
| — | MEDAKA | S | [n. -S] · a Japanese~ fish |
| — | MINNOW | S | [n. -S] · a small fish / [x] { minnow minny § minnies minnows § minnows } |
| — | MOLLIE | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish / [x] { mollie molly § mollies § mollies } |
| — | MULLET | S | [n. -S] · an edible fish |
| — | MUSKIE | RS | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | PERCID | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish of the perch family |
| — | REDFIN | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | REMORA | S | [n. -S] · a type of marine fish - REMORID [a.] |
| — | ROBALO | S | [n. -LOS] · a marine food fish |
| — | ROUGHY | — | [n. ROUGHIES] · a small fish having rough scales |
| — | SAITHE | — | [n. SAITHE] · a marine food fish |
| — | SALMON | SY | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | SAUGER | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | SAUREL | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SHANNY | — | [n. -NIES] · a marine fish |
| — | SPARID | S | [n. -S] · any of a family of marine fishes / [x] { sparid sparoid § sparids sparoids } |
| — | SPLAKE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | TARPON | S | [n. -S] · a marine game fish |
| — | TAUTOG | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish / [x] { tautaug tautog § tautaugs tautogs } |
| — | TOMCOD | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | TULADI | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | WARSAW | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | WEEVER | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | WRASSE | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | ZANDER | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
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| K | ALEWIFE | — | [n. -WIVES] · a marine fish |
| — | ANCHOVY | — | [n. -VIES] · a small food fish |
| — | AROWANA | S | [n. -S] · a large freshwater fish of the family Osteoglossidae~ / [x] { arahuana arawana arowana aruana § arowanas aruanas } |
| — | BATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a batlike fish |
| — | BOXFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BUMMALO | S | [n. -LOS] · a small Asian~ fish |
| — | CABEZON | ES | [n. -S] · a large, edible fish / [x] { cabezon cabezone § cabezones cabezons } |
| — | CAPELIN | S | [n. -S] · a small, edible fish |
| — | CAVALLA | S | [n. -S] · a large food fish / [x] { cavalla cavally § cavallas cavallies } |
| — | CAVALLY | — | [n. -LIES] · cavalla «a large food fish» / [x] { cavalla cavally § cavallas cavallies } |
| — | CICHLID | S | [n. -LIDS or -LIDAE] · a tropical fish |
| — | CLUPEID | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the herring family / [x] { clupeid clupeoid § clupeids clupeoids } |
| — | CORBINA | S | [n. -S] · a food and game fish / [x] { corbina corvina § corbinas corvinas } |
| — | CORVINA | S | [n. -S] · corbina «a food and game fish» / [x] { corbina corvina § corbinas corvinas } |
| — | CRAPPIE | RS | [n. -S] · an edible fish |
| — | CRUCIAN | S | [n. -S] · a European~ fish |
| — | EELPOUT | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | ESCOLAR | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | FATBACK | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | FINFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a true fish |
| — | GARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | GOBIOID | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the goby family |
| — | GOLDEYE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | GOURAMI | S | [n. -S or -ES] · a food fish |
| — | GROUPER | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | GRUNION | S | [n. -S] · a small food fish |
| — | GURNARD | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| S | HADDOCK | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | HAGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an eellike fish |
| — | HELLERI | S | [n. -S or -ES] · a tropical fish (=helleris) |
| — | HERRING | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | HOGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | INCONNU | S | [n. -S] · a large food fish |
| — | JEWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a large marine fish |
| — | KOKANEE | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | LABROID | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | LAMPREY | S | [n. -PREYS] · an eellike fish |
| — | LINGCOD | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | LOBEFIN | S | [n. -S] · a bony fish |
| — | MARGATE | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish |
| — | MENDIGO | S | [n. -GOS] · a freshwater fish |
| — | MOJARRA | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | MOONEYE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | MUDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish found in mud or muddy water |
| — | MUSPIKE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| B | OARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | OLDWIFE | — | [n. -WIVES] · a marine fish |
| — | PANCHAX | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | PERCOID | S | [n. -S] · a spiny-finned~ fish |
| — | PETRALE | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | PHORESY | — | [n. -SIES] · a symbiotic relationship between some arthropods and fishes - PHORETIC [a.] (=phoretic) |
| — | PIGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | PINFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small marine fish |
| — | PINTADO | S | [n. -DOS or -DOES] · a large food fish |
| — | PINTANO | S | [n. -NOS] · a tropical fish |
| — | PIRANHA | S | [n. -S] · a voracious fish |
| — | PLACOID | S | [n. -S] · a fish having platelike scales |
| — | POLLACK | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish / [x] { pollack pollacks pollock pollocks § pollack pollacks pollock pollocks } |
| — | POLLOCK | S | [n. -S] · pollack / [x] { pollack pollacks pollock pollocks § pollack pollacks pollock pollocks } |
| — | POMFRET | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | POMPANO | S | [n. -NOS] · a marine food fish |
| — | PUPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small, freshwater fish |
| — | QUINNAT | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | RASBORA | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish |
| — | RATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | RATTAIL | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | RIVULUS | — | [n. -ES] · a small tropical American~ fish |
| — | SAWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | SCALARE | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish |
| — | SCULPIN | GS | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | SEAFOOD | S | [n. -S] · edible fish or shellfish from the sea |
| — | SIGANID | S | [n. -S] · any of a family of fishes |
| — | SOCKEYE | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | SPAROID | S | [n. -S] · a sparid «any of a family of marine fishes» / [x] { sparid sparoid § sparids sparoids } |
| — | STRIPER | S | [n. -S] · a food and game fish |
| — | SUNFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | TAUTAUG | S | [n. -S] · tautog «a marine fish» / [x] { tautaug tautog § tautaugs tautogs } |
| — | TELEOST | S | [n. -S] · a bony fish |
| — | TIDDLER | S | [n. -S] · a small fish |
| — | TILAPIA | S | [n. -S] · an African~ fish |
| — | VENDACE | S | [n. -S] · a European~ fish |
| — | WHITING | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
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| — | ALBACORE | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish / [x] { albacore albicore § albacores albicores } |
| — | ALBICORE | S | [n. -S] · albacore / [x] { albacore albicore § albacores albicores } |
| — | ANABLEPS | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | ARAPAIMA | S | [n. -S] · a large food fish |
| — | AROWANAS | — | [n. -S] · a large freshwater fish of the family Osteoglossidae~ / [x] { arahuana arawana arowana aruana § arowanas aruanas } |
| — | BAITFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish used as bait |
| — | BILLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish with long, slender jaws |
| — | BLACKFIN | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | BLOODFIN | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | BLOWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BLUEBACK | S | [n. -S] · a bird or fish having a bluish back |
| — | BLUEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BLUEHEAD | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | BOARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BONEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a slender marine fish |
| — | BURRFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish with erect spines |
| — | CABEZONE | S | [n. -S] · cabezon «a large, edible fish» / [x] { cabezon cabezone § cabezones cabezons } |
| — | CARANGID | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | CAVEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a sightless fish |
| — | CHARACID | S | [n. -S] · characin «a tropical fish» / [x] { characid characin § characids characins } |
| — | CHARACIN | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish / [x] { characid characin § characids characins } |
| — | CHIMAERA | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish / [x] { chimaera chimera chimere § chimaeras chimeras } |
| — | CHROMIDE | S | [n. -S] · a tropical fish |
| — | CLUPEOID | S | [n. -S] · a clupeid «a fish of the herring family» / [x] { clupeid clupeoid § clupeids clupeoids } |
| — | COALFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a blackish fish |
| — | CREVALLE | S | [n. -S] · a food and game fish |
| — | CYPRINID | S | [n. -S] · a small freshwater fish |
| — | DEALFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | DRAGONET | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | DRUMFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that makes a drumming sound |
| — | EULACHAN | S | [n. -S] · eulachon «a marine food fish» / [x] { eulachan eulachon oolachan oolichan § eulachans eulachons oolachans oolichans } |
| — | EULACHON | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish / [x] { eulachan eulachon oolachan oolichan § eulachans eulachons oolachans oolichans } |
| — | FALLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | FILEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | FISHMEAL | S | [n. -S] · ground dried fish |
| — | FISHWIFE | — | [n. -WIVES] · a woman who sells fish |
| — | FLATHEAD | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | FOOLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | FROGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | GAMBUSIA | S | [n. -S] · a small fish |
| — | GILTHEAD | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | GOATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | GOLDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | GRAYLING | S | [n. -S] · a food fish |
| — | HALFBEAK | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | HEADFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | JACKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a food fish |
| — | KABELJOU | S | [n. -S] · a large food fish |
| — | KELPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that lives among seaweed |
| — | KINGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | LIONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | LOOKDOWN | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | LUMPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | LUNGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a type of fish |
| — | MACKEREL | S | [n. -S] · a marine food fish |
| — | MAHIMAHI | S | [n. -S] · a food fish in Hawaii~ (=mahimahis) |
| — | MENHADEN | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | MILKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | MONKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | MOONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | MOSSBACK | S | [n. -S] · a large, old fish |
| — | OOLACHAN | S | [n. -S] · eulachon «a marine food fish» / [x] { eulachan eulachon oolachan oolichan § eulachans eulachons oolachans oolichans } |
| — | OOLICHAN | S | [n. -S] · eulachon «a marine food fish» / [x] { eulachan eulachon oolachan oolichan § eulachans eulachons oolachans oolichans } |
| — | PICKEREL | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | PILCHARD | S | [n. -S] · a small marine fish |
| — | PIPEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a slender fish |
| — | PIRARUCU | S | [n. -S] · a large food fish |
| — | REDHORSE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | ROCKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish living around rocks |
| — | ROCKLING | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | ROSEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | SAILFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a large marine fish |
| — | SALMONID | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the salmon family |
| — | SANDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | SANDLING | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SCIAENID | S | [n. -S] · a carnivorous fish / [x] { sciaenid sciaenoid § sciaenids sciaenoids } |
| — | SCOMBRID | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the mackerel family |
| — | SEAHORSE | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the pipefish family |
| — | SEAROBIN | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SEATROUT | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SERRANID | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SKIPJACK | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | SOAPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish that produces toxic mucus |
| — | STINGRAY | S | [n. -RAYS] · a flat-bodied~ marine fish / [x] { stingaree stingray § stingarees stingrays } |
| — | STUDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | STURGEON | S | [n. -S] · an edible fish |
| — | SURFFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | SWEETLIP | S | [n. -S] · a fish having a protruding mouth |
| — | TILEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | TOADFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | TREVALLY | S | [n. TREVALLYS or TREVALLIES] · an Australian~ food fish / ----- [n. -LIES] · an Australian~ food fish |
| — | TULLIBEE | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | WARMOUTH | S | [n. -S] · a freshwater fish |
| — | WEAKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | WOLFFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
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