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Fish M - S
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 | Mullet "Mullet, known as Florida's "money fish" are caught in large quantities in Florida, particularly along the Gulf coast, and are good the year round. they range in size from 1 to 3 pounds, and are sold whole or fileted." |
 | Gray mullet "It is a small fish, common in Europe, and greatly esteemed for its delicacy. It is very active, and frequently escapes from the fishermen by leaping over the nets." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Striped red mullet "Weighs from two to six pounds; at some seasons it is abundant, and again it is scarce. It appears in the London markets throughout the year. It feeds at great depths, and is aided in its search for food by two long feeler depending from the lower jaw." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Muraena "A celebrated species, common in all parts of the Mediterranean, and occasionally met with on the coasts of Great Britain." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Myxine "The body is long and eel-like, and the skeleton is reduced to a mere cartilaginous tube. It ours out such an abundance of glutinous matter from the pores of the lateral line, that the water in the vases is which is kept seems to be converted into jelly. "— Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Narwhal An Arctic species of cetacean with a body similar to that of a dolphin. |
 | Opah "A beautiful and rare species, found on the European coasts." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Ophidium "Nine inches long; color above ash-gray." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Chinese Paddlefish A fish with an extended snout far beyond its mouth. Grows up to 18 feet in length. |
 | Parr "Found in European waters, and being marked on the back by transverse dusky bars very similar to those of young salmon, has been held by many person to be young salmon in fact." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Perch Perch, a freshwater fish generally distributed in Europe, the eastern U.S. and Northern Asia. |
 | Perch "An embiotocoid fish, with small scales, uniserial and jaw teeth, and lip free and deeply cut along its margin."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Perch A genus of fish including many species, and found widely distributed both in salt and fresh water. They are especially abundant in the northern part of the United States and Canada, and are found in the ponds, rivers, and lakes of nothern Eurasia and off the coast of these and other regions. |
 | Perch skeleton "The bones of fishes are of a less dense and compact nature than in the higher order of animals; in some, indeed, they are wholly cartilaginous. The skeleton may in general be divided into four chief parts - the Vertical Column, the Head, the Repiratory Apparatus, and the Limbs" — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | European perch "One of the best and handsomest of the freshwater fishes of that quarter of the globe." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pike Perch A Pike Perch fish. |
 | Pike Perch A fish with elongated form, subconical head, and sharp canines mixed with the villiform teeth from the jaws and palate. |
 | Pirate Perch This fish is of a dark olive color heavily dotted with black, and has two dark bars at the base of the caudal fin. |
 | Pickerel "Is from one to three feet long, and is found in most of the lakes, ponds, and rivers of the Middle and Eastern States." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pond Pickerel A small and white cockerel fish. |
 | Pike A genus of fishes found in the freshwater bodies of America and Eurasia. Most species have a long body and flat back, and taper toward the tail with more than ordinary abruptness. Cycloid scales cover the body. The mouth is large, with the lower jaw projecting, and there is a large and powerful array of teeth. |
 | Pike A fish so called from its long slender shape and pointed snout. |
 | European pike "It is strong, fierce, and active, swims rapidly, and occasionally darts along with the swiftness of an arrow." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Saury pike "From one to two feet long, swims in vast shoals, and when chased by the porpoise leaps to the height of six or seven feet out of water." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pilchard "Is eight to eleven inches long; it resembles the herring, but is smaller, and at the same time thicker." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pilchard A fish resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder, with the under jaw shorter, the back more elevated, the belly less sharp, and the mouth edentulous. |
 | Pilot-fish "The pilot fish attains a length of about one foot. It is somewhat of the mackerel form, of a silver-gray color, blueish on the back, and adorned with five dark blue bands, which go out the Atlantic, and is said to be occasioinally seen on our coasts." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pimelodus A fat fish. |
 | Pipe-fish "Have a long, eel-like body, with the jaws united forming a tube nearly cylindrical. The eggs of the female are cast by her into a sort of false belly belonging to the male, and situated near the tial; here they are hatched, and here they occaisionally take refuge like young opossums!" — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Piper A species of gurnard. |
 | Pisces "A fish may be defined as a Vertibrate animal breathing through the medium of water, by means of branchiae, or gills, having one auricle and one ventricle to the heart, cold red blood, and extremities formed for swimming" — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Plaice "Weighing six to twelve pounds; it feeds on mollusca, crustacea, and young fish; inhabits sandy banks and muddy grounds in the seal is sometime staken with hooks and sometimes with spears, though more generally with trawl-nets." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Common Plaice An asymetrical fish that live sup to 200m below the surface. |
 | Plesiops A fish. |
 | Pogge A cottoid fish, the armed bullhead. |
 | Pole "Is fifteen to twenty inches long; color yellowish-brown; found on the European coasts; rare in England." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pollack "A frolicsome fish, constantly splashing in the water, ad biting keenly at the hood; it is twelve to twenty-four inches long, and the young resemble the whiting." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Pomacentridae A fish that lives in tropical seas. |
 | Pomacentrus A fish that lives in tropical seas. |
 | White Pomfret A fish with no spines in its anal and dorsal fins. |
 | Pompano "Pompano is considered Florida's "Fish de luxe" and commands the highest price. The fish is delicate and especially fine-flavored." |
 | Common Pompano A fish with a blunt snout and fins free of spines. Color is uniformly blueish above without dark bands or black on the vertical fins, and silvery or golden on the sides. |
 | Indian Pompano A pompano with a high rounded back, rather large and smooth scales, and a nearly double dorsal, the anterior part of which has nine spines. |
 | Porbeagle "Six feet long, and derriving its name from a resemblence of form to the porpoise. Common in European seas" — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sea Porcupine A fish with many small spikes that blows itself into a globular shape by swallowing air. |
 | Porgy A fish native to the Mediterranean and Alantic waters. Usually silver in color and rosy on its back. |
 | Horn Pout A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts. |
 | Horn Pout A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts. |
 | Queenfish It is a food fish of good quality, but too small to be of much economic importance, reaching a length of only eight inches and a weight of half a pound. The body is compressed and covered with rather large deciduous scales. |
 | Ray This singularly formed fish, the torpedo, has two electrical batteries-that is, machines for making electricity or lighting, (Hooker, 1886). |
 | Ray A genus of cartilaginous fishes. They are generally divided into numerous families, including the saw-fishes, electric rays, skates, sting-rays, and the eagle rays. |
 | Giant Ray A very large sting ray. |
 | Bordered ray "Is two to three feet long, including the tail. The flesh is tolerably food, common on European coasts" — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Electric ray "It is remarkable for an electric battery situated between the pectorals and head and gills; this is indicated by two elevations extending along the back, and consists of numerous cells formed like honeycomb, this being, as is the similar provision of the Gymnotus or electric eel, amply supplied with nerves. On being touched the animal imparts a severe electric shock, sufficient to stun its prey." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sting ray "Its tail is arme with a sharp spine fives inches long, serated on both edges, with which it lacerates its enemies." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Red Grouper Red grouper. |
 | Red Mullet "Mullus barbatus (Red Mullet), with thoracic ventral fins." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | Red Snapper "The Florida or Pensacola red snapper is it is commercially known, because that city is headquarters for the snapper fleet which produces nearly half the red snappers sold in the United States, is among the State's noted food dishes." |
 | Red-eye "Is a very common fish in Europe; it is of brilliant colors, and very tenacious of life; it feeds on worms, molluscuous animals, insects, and some vegetable matters." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Redeye It is found from the Great Lake region to Louisiana. Can attain length of a foot and is usually an olive green with brassy tints and dark mottling. |
 | Redfish A common name for a deep sea fish. |
 | Remora "About a foot long, and is provided with a pwerful sucker on the top of its head, by which it attackes itself to rocks, ships, and even large fishes." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Remora "The Remora, the sucking-fish, or sucker. By means of the suctorial disk, a transformation of the spinous dorsal fin, the species can attach themselves to any flat surface. The adhesion is so strong that the fish can be dislodged only with difficulty, unless pushed forward with a sliding motion. Being bad swimmers, they attach themselves to vessels, or to animals having greater power of locomotion than themselves; but they cannot be regarded as parasites, as they do not obtain their food at the expense of their host."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Roach "The Roach, L. rutilus, is abundant in the rivers of the temperate parts of Europe. It attains the weight of one to two pounds." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Roach A fresh or brackish water fish. Commonly eaten at food. |
 | Blue roach "The Azurine or Blue Roach, L. ceruleus, is a small fish, seldom exceeding a pound in weight; the flesh is firm, and of good flavour." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Grass Rockfish A fish of the genus Sebastes. |
 | Three-bearded rockling "It is twelve to fifteen inches long, frequents rocky ground, feeds on aquatic insects, takes bait, but is not used for food." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Roncador A large and valuable food fish found off the coast of California, attaining a weight of 5 to 6 pounds. Usually a silvery bluish and grayish color. |
 | Rudd A fish with a red eye. Sometimes refered to as a pest in parts of the world because of its impact on native species. |
 | Ruffe "A European species, six to eight inches long, closely resembling the perch, and valued for its flesh." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sailfish A blue or gray fish with a distinctive sail—like dorsal fin. |
 | Salmon The salmon is well known both from its commercial importance and from its remarkable migrations up rivers to spawn. |
 | Salmon A male salmon. |
 | Salmon Salmon, several species of fish belonging to the trout family and ascending rivers to spawn. |
 | Salmon "The salmon two to four feet long, and weighs ten to twelve pounds, though it has been taken of eights andd even a hundred pounds. The form is long and oval, the scales moderately thin, oval, and rather easily detached; the teeth numerous, sharp and incurved; branchial rays twelve, color above blueish-black, tinged with gray; beneath silvery white." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Salmon "The Salmon is a well-known fish, inhabiting both salt and fresh waters, and ranking prominent among the food fishes of the United States and other countries. It generally attains a length of from three to four feet, and an average weight of from 12 to 30 pounds. In the fall the salmon ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning, and often encounters obstacles. In many streams they are assisted by structures known as 'salmon ladders.'"—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Salmon The common name of a class of food fishes belonging to the genus salmo. They are common to both salt fresh waters, and are particularly abundant in the North Atlantic. There are a number of well-known species, all of which are among the most important marketable fishes, but those of the North Atlantic are most widely distributed, ranging north of New york in North America and north of Spain in Europe. |
 | Salmon "Salmo salar (Salmon), with abdominal ventral fins." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | Salmon and trout A several salmon and trout on a beach, nect to a basket. |
 | Atlantic Salmon A migratory fish. Returns to its birth place to lay and hatch eggs. |
 | California Salmon Picture of a California salmon. |
 | California Salmon A migratory fish. Returns to its birth place to lay and hatch eggs. |
 | Female Salmon A female salmon after spawning. |
 | Atlantic Salmon Picture of an Atlantic salmon. |
 | Salt-water Catfish "Salt-Water Catfish (Arius felis)."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Sand-smelt "Five or six inches long; it is esteemed for the table, and resembles the common smelt in flavor; found in European waters." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Saurus Undosquamis "Saurus undosquamis, a Malacoptorgian with anterior soft dorsal and additional adipose fin." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | Saw-fish A genus of fish bearing resemblance both to the sharks and rays, and distinguished by having a long beak or snout. They attain a length of from ten to twenty feet, and may be counted among the most savage of fish. |
 | Saw-fish A fish related to sharks and rays. Their most distinguishing appearance is a long, toothy snout. |
 | Head of Sawfish "The Sawfish is so called from the saw-like weapon into which the snout is produced. They are common in tropical and less so in subtropical seas, and attain a considerable size, specimens with a saw six feet long and a foot broad at the base being far from rare. Their offensive weapon renders them dangerous to almost all other large inhabitants of the ocean."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Scabbard-fish "Four to six feet long, and swims with great swiftness: the skin is smooth, except a few scales in place of the ventral fins." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Scad "Fifteen to twenty inches long; caught in great numbers on the coast of Ireland, and common on the British coast; also in the Mediterranean. It resmebles the common mackerel, but is much inferior, and hence is called horse-mackerel." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Scale Arrangement "Arrangement of scales in the Roach (Leuciscus rutilus). L, Lateral line; t r, transverse line; a, transverse line from lateral line to yentral fin." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | Sea Bass "Sea bass has a white, flaky flesh, and weighs from 1 to 3 pounds. This fish responds to any cooking methods, and is good in chowders." |
 | Sea-bream "This feeds on fish as well as sea-weed; it is not much esteemed for eating; common in European seas." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sea-horse "These animals have a head of the shape of a horse, and a long tail without any fin, but which is used by the fish to lay hold of sea-weed and other objects' — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sea-porcupine "Have a large air-bladder, which they inflate by swallowing air, till they appear almost like balls. They are also covered with spines which they erect at will." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sea-scorpion "Is five to eight inches long; is very voracious, swims rapidly, and si found under stones and sea-weed along the European shores. They are often caught in trawl-nets, but are of no value, on account of their sharp spines they are carefully handled; common in European and American waters." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sea-wolf "Three to seven feet long, agreeing with the gobies in the abscence of the air-bladder; the pectoral fin large; the mouth large and armed with enormous acute fangs." — Goodrich, 1859 |
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