#food_fish any fish used for food by human beings
supertype: #fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
subtype: #groundfish__bottom_fish fish that live on the sea bottom especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder
subtype: #shad herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
subtype: #common_American_shad__Alosa_sapidissima shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
subtype: #river_shad__rivershad__alosachrysoclori shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
subtype: #allice_shad__allis_shad__allisshad__allice__allis__alli__Alosa_alosa European shad
subtype: #Clupea_harangus__herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: #Atlantic_herring__Clupea_harengus_harengus important food fish; found in enormous shoals in North Atlantic
subtype: #Pacific_herring__Clupea_harengus_pallasii important food fish of the north Pacific
subtype: #sardine any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
subtype: #sild any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway
subtype: #Clupea_sprattus__brisling__sprat small herring processed like a sardine
subtype: #salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
subtype: #blackfish female salmon that has recently spawned
subtype: #redfish male salmon that has recently spawned
subtype: #Salmo_salar__Atlantic_salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
subtype: #landlocked_salmon__lake_salmon Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern Canada
subtype: #blueback_salmon__sockeye__sockeyesalmon__redsalmon__Onchorynchus_nerka small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the north Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
subtype: #quinnat_salmon__quinnatsalmon__chinook__chinooksalmon__king_salmon__Onchorynchus_tshawtscha large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
subtype: #blue_jack__coho__cohoe__coho_salmon__silver_salmon__Onchorynchus_kisutch small salmon of north Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
subtype: #trout any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
subtype: #brown_trout__browntrout__salmon_trout__Salmo_trutta speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
subtype: #sea_trout__seatrout silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn
subtype: #Salmo_gairdneri__rainbow_trout__rainbowtrout found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
subtype: #Salvelinus_namaycush__lake_trout__salmon_trout large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
subtype: #Salvelinus_fontinalis__brook_trout__speckled_trout North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
subtype: #whitefish silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
subtype: #lake_whitefish__Coregonus_clupeaformis found in Great Lakes and north to Alaska
subtype: #Coregonus_artedi__cisco__lake_herring important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
subtype: #round_whitefish__Menominee_whitefish__Prosopium_cylindraceum bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia
subtype: #Rocky_Mountain_whitefish__Prosopium_williamsonii whitefish of the western United States and Canada
subtype: #sea_bass any of various food and sport fishes of the United States Atlantic coast having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
subtype: #blackmouth_bass__Synagrops_bellus small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
subtype: #rock_sea_bass__rock_bass__Centropristis_philadelphica a kind of sea bass
subtype: #black_sea_bass__black_bass__Centropistes_striata bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
subtype: #Roccus_saxatilis__striped_bass__striper__rockfish marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
subtype: #stone_bass__wreckfish__Polyprion_americanus brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
subtype: #belted_sandfish__Serranus_subligarius found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic
subtype: #grouper usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
subtype: #Epinephelus_fulvus__coney black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
subtype: #hind.grouper any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
subtype: #rock_hind__Epinephelus_adscensionis found around rocky coasts or on reefs
subtype: #creole-fish__Paranthias_furcifer deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic
subtype: #jewfish__mycteropercabonaci large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
subtype: #snapper any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
subtype: #Lutjanus_blackfordi__red_snapper esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in American Atlantic coastal waters and Gulf of Mexico
subtype: #gray_snapper__mangrove_snapper__Lutjanus_griseus found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
subtype: #mutton_snapper__muttonfish__Lutjanus_analis similar to and often marketed as "red snapper"
subtype: #Lutjanus_apodus__schoolmaster food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
subtype: #yellowtail_snapper__yellowtail__Ocyurus_chrysurus superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
subtype: #tuna__tunny any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
subtype: #long-fin_tunny__albacore__Thunnus_alalunga large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
subtype: #horse_mackerel__horsemackerel__bluefin__bluefin_tuna__bluefintuna__Thunnus_thynnus largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
subtype: #yellowfin_tuna__yellowfintuna__yellowfin__Thunnus_albacares may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
subtype: #sole.flatfish right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
subtype: #European_sole__Solea_solea highly valued as food
subtype: #Solea_lascaris__lemon_sole__lemonsole small European sole
subtype: #Parophrys_vitulus__English_sole__lemon_sole__lemonsole popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
subtype: #sand_sole__Psettichthys_melanostichus common flatfish of North American Pacific coast
subtype: #hogchoker__Trinectes_maculatus useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
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