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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

aquatic vertebrate go
animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water

fish go
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

bony fish go
any fish of the class Osteichthyes

teleost fish, teleost, teleostan go
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

noun.animal

23 Subcategories

Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi go
in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
cypriniform fish go
a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
catfish, siluriform fish go
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
gadoid, gadoid fish go
a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
eel go
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
beaked salmon, sandfish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus go
fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
clupeid fish, clupeid go
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
anchovy go
small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste
salmonid go
soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
whitefish go
silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
smelt go
small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus go
large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
bonefish, Albula vulpes go
slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
argentine go
any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
lanternfish go
small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side
lizardfish, snakefish, snake-fish go
tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads
greeneye go
bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster
lancetfish, lancet fish, wolffish go
large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
handsaw fish go
a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus
opah, moonfish, Lampris regius go
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
New World opah, Lampris guttatus go
from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
ribbonfish go
marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body
ribbonfish, oarfish, king of the herring, Regalecus glesne go
thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin