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Thanks for all the fish ...

I was contemplating how many odd short words that I use are the names of fish, so I thought I would put together a list.  Common short fish names for word games (less than 8 letters), from this Wikipedia page.

I can't say these will all be accepted by every game or dictionary, but they are worth knowing to expand your word power.  Some are familiar to local areas, where others are widely known around the world.  There are variations on some of these, and compound names (yellowfin tuna, sailfin silverside, etc), and many longer names.  There are also thousands of genus names for fish (like alosa, which includes shads, alewife and a herring or two) but it's hard to say how many of those are ever used on their own.  

alewife +
anchovy *+
ayu %
bangus %
barb +-
barbel +
barfish %
bass *+-
basslet %
batfish +
betta +
bichir %
bigeye
blenny +
boafish %
boga %
bonito +
bowfin
boxfish
bream +
brill
brotula %
burbot
buri %
candiru %
capelin
carp +
catfish *+
catla %
char -
chub +
cichlid
cisco
cobia
cod *+
codlet %
codling +
coley %
cowfish
crappie +
croaker -
cusk
dab -
dace +
danio
darter -
devario %
discus -
dogfish +
dojo -
dorado +
dory +
eel *+
eelpout
elver +
escolar
flier +-
gar +
garpike
ghoul -
goby +
gourami
grouper +
grunion +
grunt -
grunter -
gudgeon
gulper
gunnel
guppy +
gurnard
haddock +
hagfish +
hake +
halibut +
hamlet -
herring +
hoki %
huchen %
hussar -
icefish
ide %
inanga %
inconnu
jack +-
jawfish %
jewfish
kahawai %
kaluga %
kanyu %
koi +
kokanee
kokopu %
lamprey
lenok %
limia %
ling +
loach +

lobefin
louvar %
madtom
mahseer %
marlin +
masu %
medaka
minnow +
mojarra
mola +
mooneye
mora +
moray +
morid %
morwong %
mrigal %
mudfish +
mullet +-
nase %
oarfish +
oilfish %
oldwife
opaleye %
panga
parore %
perch +-
pigfish
pike +-
pintano
piranha +
plaice
platy
pleco %
poacher -
pollock *+
pomfret
pompano +
porgy +
powen %
pupfish +
ragfish %
rasbora
ratfish
rattail
redfish
remora +
roach -
rohu %
ronquil %
roughy *+
rudd
ruffe
sabalo %
sailfin %
salmon *+
sardine *+
sauger
saury
sawfish
scat +
sculpin +
scup
seamoth %
shad +
shiner -
sillago %
skate +-
sleeper +-
smelt +-
snapper +-
snook +
sole *+-
sprat +
sucker -
sunfish
sweeper -
taimen %
tang +-
tarpon +
tench +
tenuis
tetra +
tilapia *+
tope
trahira %
trout *+
tuna *+
tunny
turbot +
uaru %
vendace
vimba %
wahoo +
wallago
walleye +
walu %
weever
whiff -
whiting +
wrasse +
zander
ziege %
zingel %

* = fish I know I have eaten
+ = words I know I have played in the last few months
- = these are also words for other reasons beyond their fishy-ness
% = these are NOT in the Official Scrabble Dictionary (17th edition, 2023)

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