3-syllable Fish that contain S

List of 3-syllable Fish that contain S

1

Angelfish

Pterophyllum scalare

A graceful, vertically banded freshwater cichlid of the Amazon, a staple of community aquariums worldwide.

2

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

A widely distributed Pacific salmon with striking vertical bars at spawning, central to indigenous fisheries from Alaska to Japan.

3

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

The largest predatory fish in the sea, an apex coastal hunter feared and admired in equal measure.

4

Lionfish

Pterois volitans

A venomous, ornately finned reef fish, beautiful in its native Pacific and devastating as an Atlantic invader.

5

Muskellunge

Esox masquinongy

The largest member of the pike family, a rare and elusive freshwater predator nicknamed "the fish of ten thousand casts."

6

Parrotfish

Scarus spp.

A beak-toothed reef herbivore that grazes algae from corals, producing much of the white sand of tropical beaches.

7

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

The smallest and most abundant Pacific salmon, with a strict two-year life cycle and a humped spawning male.

8

Red Snapper

Lutjanus campechanus

A crimson reef fish of the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic, central to American sport and seafood fisheries.

9

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

A hard-fighting game fish of clear, rocky rivers and northern lakes, prized for its strength relative to size.