Archer Fish :: Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus..
Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..
Band Fish :: Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..
Bellows Fish :: Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) A name applied to several distinct fishe.
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus)..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish..
Billfish :: Billfish (n.) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Bladefish :: Bladefish (n.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish..
Blindfish :: Blindfish (n.) A small fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name..
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack..
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae..
Boarfish :: Boarfish (n.) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout..
Boarfish :: Boarfish (n.) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish..