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Atlantic Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
A fast, schooling pelagic fish with iridescent green-and-black wavy stripes, a staple of small-fish fisheries.
Below are fish that contain the letter K anywhere in the name. Each of the 15 fish below opens to a full profile.
List of Fish That Contain K
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Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
A jewel-toned char native to eastern North American mountain streams, intolerant of warmth or pollution.
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Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
The largest Pacific salmon, the "king," whose great spawning runs once fed entire Northwest economies.
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Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
The largest predatory fish in the sea, an apex coastal hunter feared and admired in equal measure.
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Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
A North Atlantic gadoid with a black thumbprint mark, the classic fish in British fish and chips.
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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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Koi
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
The ornamental color morph of the common carp, bred in Japan for centuries into a rainbow of patterns.
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Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush
A large, slow-growing char of deep cold northern lakes, prized for its size, longevity, and oily flesh.
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Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
The largest member of the pike family, a rare and elusive freshwater predator nicknamed "the fish of ten thousand casts."
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Northern Pike
Esox lucius
A long, toothy ambush predator of cool northern lakes and rivers across Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
The smallest and most abundant Pacific salmon, with a strict two-year life cycle and a humped spawning male.
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Pollock
Pollachius pollachius
A North Atlantic gadoid harvested at huge scale, the white-fleshed backbone of fish fingers and surimi.
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Skipjack Tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
A small, abundant pelagic tuna with horizontal belly stripes, the species behind most canned light tuna.
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Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
A deep-red-fleshed Pacific salmon famous for the spectacular spawning runs that turn river systems crimson.
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Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
The largest fish in the sea, a gentle filter-feeding shark that roams the world's tropical oceans.
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