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Beluga Sturgeon
Huso huso
A colossal, ancient sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Seas, source of the world's most valuable caviar.
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List of Fish That Contain U
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Blue Marlin
Makaira nigricans
A spear-nosed apex predator of the open Atlantic, one of the most coveted big-game fish in the world.
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Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus thynnus
A warm-blooded ocean giant capable of transoceanic migrations, the most prized fish at Tokyo's tuna auctions.
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Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
A common, palm-sized sunfish of North American ponds and lakes, instantly recognized by its dark gill flap.
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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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Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
A widely transplanted European salmonid that has become the wild trout of cold streams across six continents.
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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.
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Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
A widely distributed Pacific salmon with striking vertical bars at spawning, central to indigenous fisheries from Alaska to Japan.
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Discus
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
A disc-shaped, slow-moving Amazon cichlid bred into a kaleidoscope of color strains for the aquarium trade.
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European Eel
Anguilla anguilla
A slim, catadromous fish that spawns in the Sargasso Sea and lives most of its long life in European fresh waters.
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Flounder
Platichthys flesus
A broad term for many flatfish species, found buried in soft bottoms from estuaries to the deep shelf.
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Grouper
Epinephelus spp.
A heavy-bodied, big-mouthed reef ambush predator, encompassing dozens of species across tropical seas.
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Guppy
Poecilia reticulata
A tiny, colorful livebearer from the Caribbean, one of the most successful aquarium and biology lab fish in the world.
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Halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
A giant flatfish of cold northern seas, the largest right-eyed flatfish on Earth and a prized food fish.
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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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Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
North America's most popular freshwater game fish, a stout predator of warm lakes, ponds, and slow rivers.
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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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Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
A Pacific salmonid with a vivid pink stripe, the workhorse of trout hatcheries worldwide.
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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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Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
A hard-fighting game fish of clear, rocky rivers and northern lakes, prized for its strength relative to size.
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Turbot
Scophthalmus maximus
A large, diamond-shaped left-eyed flatfish of European seas, considered one of Europe's finest food fish.
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Yellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
A tropical pelagic tuna with elongated golden finlets, the workhorse of the global sushi and canned-tuna trade.
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