See knifefish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "family Gymnotidae",
"word": "banded knifefish"
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"word": "black ghost knifefish"
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"english": "family Rhamphichthyidae",
"word": "sand knifefish"
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"english": "family Hypopomidae",
"word": "bluntnose knifefish"
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"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "glass knifefish"
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"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "rat-tail knifefish"
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"english": "family Apteronotidae",
"word": "ghost knifefish"
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
"word": "grey knifefish"
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
"word": "blue knifefish"
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"english": "family Labridae",
"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"word": "collared knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"word": "finscale razorfish"
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"english": "family Sciaenidae",
"taxonomic": "Equetus lanceolatus",
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