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Chub
Squalius cephalus
A bold, wide-mouthed cyprinid of European rivers, willing to eat almost anything and easy to spot under tree cover.
Looking for 4-letter fish? Here are 3 fish that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 4-letter Fish
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Hake
Merluccius merluccius
A long, slim cod-relative of deep continental shelves, popular in Mediterranean and South African cuisines.
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Sole
Solea solea
A small, slipper-shaped European flatfish prized for delicate flesh and dishes from Dover sole to meuniere.
About 4-letter fish
That's our current list of fish with exactly 4 letters. Need a different length? Try the browse-by-length pills in the sidebar, or combine with a starting letter — for example, 4-letter fish that start with A.