cod

From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin:
* Oldest English form cotfich as a surname in the 13th century; for more see cot (“chamber, cottage”).
* A bag or pouch, related to its bloated shape; see Etymology 2 below.
* From Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “fish”) with a possible pre-Greek or Semitic origin; for more see Atargatis, Cetus, and κῆτος (kêtos).

haddock

not closely related fish marketed as cod

Sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).

ogac

other Gadus spp., esp. Pacific cod; Greenland cod

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus#Translingual

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus#Translingual

Sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).

(informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.

(informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).


launce

sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae


gaper

From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.

A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.


diver

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-diver.wav

New Zealand sand diver
New Zealand sand diver


duckbill

duckbill eel

Nettastoma parviceps, or Nessorhamphus ingolfianus

duckbill ray

Aetobatus narinari or Pteromylaeus bovinus

duck-billed platypus
duck-billed platypus

Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).


stargazer

/ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/

A stargazer is a frightening fish by any srtetch of the imagination, but not until the day I first saw one in its own world did I understand its true nature.

2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 187:

(zoology) A perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae.

uranoscopo

a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae


lant

Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).


weever

From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.

Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.


rawaru

(New Zealand) A fish, the blue cod (Parapercis colias).


sand eel

From Middle English sandeel, sandell, sandel, equivalent to sand + eel. Cognate with German Sandaal (“sand eel”), Danish sandål (“sand eel”).

In short, this means sandeels, the small, oily fish that are a staple diet for many seabirds, need to be in the right place at the right time for puffins to be able to feed their chicks.

2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian:

Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.


sandfish

en-noun

sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)

belted sandfish

Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae

Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)

Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds

in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish

of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)

Other animals that notably burrow in sand:

sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand

a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.


weaverfish

weaverfish (plural weaverfishes or weaverfish)

weaverfishes (plural)
weaverfish (plural)

A fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.


blue cod

Any member of species Parapercis colias of temperate marine fish of the family Pinguipedidae.


lancefish

lancefish (plural lancefishes or lancefish)

A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.


horner

From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.

The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.


ammodyte

From Latin ammodytes, from Ancient Greek "sand burrower, a kind of serpent".

(obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.


weeverfish

weeverfish (plural weeverfishes or weeverfish)

weeverfishes (plural)
weeverfish (plural)

weever (type of fish in family Trachinidae)


stingfish

stingfish (plural stingfishes or stingfish)


ammodytid

Feeds initially on zooplankton, later small fish (clupeids and ammodytids) dominate the diet.

(Can we date this quote?), “Hyperoplus lanceolatus”, in Fishbase:

(zoology) Any member of the Ammodytidae.


champsodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Champsodontidae.


chiasmodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.


creediid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Creediidae.


leptoscopid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptoscopidae.


percophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percophidae.


pinguipedid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pinguipedidae.


uranoscopid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Uranoscopidae.


trichodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichodontidae of sandfishes.


trichonotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trichonotidae.


trachinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachinidae.


sandling

From Middle English sandeling, sandelynge, equivalent to sand + -ling.


black swallower

black swallower (plural black swallowers)

A fish of the species Chiasmodon niger, deep-sea fish able to swallow fish much larger than itself.


sand lance

Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.


torrentfish

torrentfish (plural torrentfish or torrentfishes)

torrentfish (plural)
torrentfishes (plural)

Cheimarrichthys fosteri, a freshwater fish native to fast-moving, shallow waters in New Zealand that migrates out to sea as part of its life-cycle.


Pacific sandfish

Pacific sandfish (plural Pacific sandfishes or Pacific sandfish)

Pacific sandfishes (plural)
Pacific sandfish (plural)


sailfin sandfish

sailfin sandfish (plural sailfin sandfishes or sailfin sandfish)

sailfin sandfishes (plural)
sailfin sandfish (plural)


pakirikiri

(New Zealand) blue cod (Parapercis colias)


grubfish

(especially Malaysia) Certain sandperches (Pinguipedidae)


whitebelly sandperch

whitebelly sandperch (plural whitebelly sandperches)

Parapercis albiventer, a species of sandperch fish.