AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-256d huggingface dataset:
florida pompano: found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies
permit: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
naucrates: a genus of Carangidae
pilotfish: small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
trachurus: the scads (particularly horse mackerels)
horse mackerel: a California food fish
horse mackerel: large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
selar: big-eyed scad
bigeye scad: of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
decapterus: scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution
mackerel scad: small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
round scad: small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
coryphaenidae: large active pelagic percoid fish
dolphinfish: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
coryphaena hippurus: the more common dolphinfish valued as food; about six feet long
coryphaena equisetis: a kind of dolphinfish
bramidae: deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
brama: type genus of the Bramidae
pomfret: deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
branchiostegidae: small family of marine fishes having covered gills
blanquillo: important marine food fishes
characidae: tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
characinidae: former name of the Characidae
characin: any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
hemigrammus: tetras
paracheirodon: a genus of Characidae
cardinal tetra: small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
serrasalmus: piranhas
piranha: small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
antenna: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
barbel: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
swimmeret: one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming
cichlidae: cichlids
cichlid: freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
tilapia: a genus of Cichlidae
bolti: important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
lutjanidae: snappers
lutjanus: type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers
red snapper: an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico
grey snapper: found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
mutton snapper: similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'
schoolmaster: food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
ocyurus: snappers
yellowtail: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
haemulidae: grunts
haemulon: type genus of the Haemulidae
margate: a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
spanish grunt: a kind of grunt
tomtate: found off the West Indies and Florida
cottonwick: of warm Atlantic waters
sailor's-choice: a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
anisotremus: a genus of Haemulidae
porkfish: black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
pompon: dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
orthopristis: a genus of Haemulidae
pigfish: found from Long Island southward
sparidae: porgies; scups
sparid: spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
sea bream: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
pagrus: a genus of Sparidae
red porgy: food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
pagellus: sea breams
european sea bream: food fish of European coastal waters
archosargus: a genus of Sparidae
atlantic sea bream: sea bream of warm Atlantic waters
sheepshead: large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
lagodon: a genus of Sparidae
pinfish: similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
calamus: a genus of Sparidae
sheepshead porgy: from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
chrysophrys: Australian snapper
snapper: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
black bream: important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia
stenotomus: scups
scup: found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
scup: porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
sciaenidae: warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
sciaenid fish: widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
drum: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
equetus: drumfish
striped drum: a kind of drumfish
jackknife-fish: black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
bairdiella: drumfish
silver perch: small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
sciaenops: a genus of Sciaenidae
red drum: large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
sciaena: type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
mulloway: large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
maigre: large European marine food fish
micropogonias: croakers
atlantic croaker: a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels
umbrina: croakers
yellowfin croaker: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
menticirrhus: kingfishes; whiting
king whiting: whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
northern whiting: whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
corbina: bluish-grey whiting of California coast
silver whiting: a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
genyonemus: a genus of Sciaenidae
white croaker: small silvery marine food fish found off California
seriphus: a genus of Sciaenidae
white croaker: silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
cynoscion: sea trout
weakfish: food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
spotted weakfish: weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
mullidae: goatfishes or red mullets
mullus: type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes
goatfish: brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
red goatfish: body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
mulloidichthys: a genus of Mullidae
yellow goatfish: schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe
mugiloidea: fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
mugilidae: grey mullets
mullet: freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
mugil: type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
striped mullet: most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
white mullet: silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
liza: similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
atherinidae: small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water
silversides: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
atherinopsis: a genus of Atherinidae
jacksmelt: a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length)
sphyraenidae: monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda
sphyraena: type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda
great barracuda: large (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish; may be dangerous to swimmers
pempheridae: sweepers
kyphosidae: sea chubs
kyphosus: type genus of the Kyphosidae
bermuda chub: food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
ephippidae: small family comprising the spadefishes
chaetodipterus: a genus of Ephippidae
spadefish: deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
chaetodontidae: butterfly fishes
genus chaetodon: type genus of the Chaetodontidae
pomacanthus: angelfishes
rock beauty: gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil
pomacentridae: damselfishes
damselfish: small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
pomacentrus: type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
beaugregory: a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies
amphiprion: damsel fishes
clown anemone fish: an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
abudefduf: damsel fishes
sergeant major: large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
labridae: wrasses
achoerodus: a genus of Labridae
pigfish: found around the Great Barrier Reef
lachnolaimus: a genus of Labridae
hogfish: large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
halicoeres: a genus of Labridae
slippery dick: small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
puddingwife: bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
thalassoma: a genus of Labridae
bluehead: small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
hemipteronatus: razor fish
razor fish: any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
pearly razorfish: a kind of razor fish
tautoga: tautogs
tautog: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
tautogolabrus: a genus of Labridae
cunner: common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
scaridae: parrotfishes
parrotfish: gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
polynemidae: threadfins
polydactylus: a genus of Polynemidae
barbu: found along western Atlantic coast
opisthognathidae: jawfishes
uranoscopidae: stargazers
dactyloscopidae: sand stargazers
blennioidea: blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
blennioid fish: elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
blenniidae: a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
blenny: small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
blennius: type genus of the Blenniidae
shanny: European scaleless blenny
scartella: a genus of Blenniidae
molly miller: inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic
clinidae: viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
clinid: mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
chaenopsis: a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies
bluethroat pikeblenny: found from Florida to Cuba
pholidae: a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
gunnel: small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
pholis: type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels
rock gunnel: slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
stichaeidae: pricklebacks
lumpenus: a genus of Stichaeidae
snakeblenny: found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
cryptacanthodes: a genus of Stichaeidae
wrymouth: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
anarhichadidae: wolffishes
anarhichas: type genus of the Anarhichadidae
wolffish: large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
zoarcidae: eelpouts
eelpout: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
zoarces: type genus of the Zoarcidae
viviparous eelpout: an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous
gymnelis: a genus of Zoarcidae
fish doctor: brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout
macrozoarces: a genus of Zoarcidae
ocean pout: common along northeastern coast of North America
ammodytidae: sand lances
ammodytes: type genus of the Ammodytidae
sand lance: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
callionymidae: dragonets
gobiidae: gobies
goby: small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
periophthalmus: a genus of Gobiidae
mudskipper: found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
eleotridae: sleepers
sleeper: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
percophidae: percoid flatheads
toxotidae: archerfishes
toxotes: type genus of the Toxotidae
archerfish: any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
microdesmidae: worm fish
acanthuridae: surgeonfishes
acanthurus: type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes
doctorfish: surgeon fish of the West Indies
gempylidae: snake mackerels
gempylus: type genus of the Gempylidae
snake mackerel: predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
lepidocybium: a genus of Gempylidae
escolar: large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
oilfish: very large deep-water snake mackerel
trichiuridae: cutlassfishes
cutlassfish: long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
scombroidea: mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
scombroid: important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
scombridae: marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
scomber: type genus of the Scombridae
common mackerel: important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
spanish mackerel: medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
chub mackerel: small mackerel found nearly worldwide
acanthocybium: wahoos
wahoo: large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
scomberomorus: Spanish mackerels
spanish mackerel: any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
king mackerel: large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
scomberomorus maculatus: a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America
cero: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
sierra: a Spanish mackerel of western North America
thunnus: tunas: warm-blooded fishes
tuna: any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
albacore: large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
bluefin: largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
yellowfin: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
sarda: bonitos
skipjack: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
chile bonito: common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
euthynnus: a genus of Scombridae
skipjack: oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
katsuwonus: oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae
katsuwonidae: in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
bonito: fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
xiphiidae: comprising the common swordfishes
xiphias: type genus of the Xiphiidae
swordfish: large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
istiophoridae: sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
istiophorus: type genus of the Istiophoridae
atlantic sailfish: a kind of sailfish
makaira: marlins
blue marlin: largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
black marlin: large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds
striped marlin: Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
white marlin: small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic
tetrapturus: a genus of Istiophoridae
luvaridae: louvars
luvarus: type genus of the Luvaridae
louvar: large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
stromateidae: butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
butterfish: small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
poronotus: a genus of Stromateidae
dollarfish: small food fish of Atlantic coast
genus palometa: a genus of Stromateidae
palometa: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
paprilus: a genus of Stromateidae
harvestfish: butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
psenes: a genus of Stromateidae
ariomma: a genus of Stromateidae
tetragonurus: a genus of Stromateidae
hyperoglyphe: a genus of Stromateidae
barrelfish: blackish fish of New England waters
gobiesocidae: clingfishes
gobiesox: type genus of the Gobiesocidae
skillet fish: clingfish with typical skillet shape
lobotidae: tripletails
lobotes: type genus of the Lobotidae
atlantic tripletail: tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America
pacific tripletail: tripletail found in the Pacific
gerreidae: mojarras
gerres: type genus of the Gerreidae
yellowfin mojarra: popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
eucinostomus: a genus of Gerreidae
silver jenny: silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
sillaginidae: small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia
sillago: type genus of the Sillaginidae
ganoin: shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales
ganoidei: a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
ganoid: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
amiidae: only the bowfins
amia: type genus of the Amiidae
bowfin: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
polyodontidae: paddlefishes
polyodon: type genus of the Polyodontidae
paddlefish: primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
psephurus: a genus of Polyodontidae
chinese paddlefish: fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
acipenseridae: sturgeons
acipenser: type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons
pacific sturgeon: food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
beluga: valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
lepisosteidae: comprises the genus Lepisosteus
lepisosteus: type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
gar: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
scleroparei: scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
scorpaenoidea: mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards
scorpaenoid: fishes having the head armored with bony plates
scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes
scorpaenid: any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
scorpaena: type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes
scorpionfish: marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
plumed scorpionfish: a kind of scorpionfish
pterois: lionfishes
synanceja: stonefishes
stonefish: venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock
sebastodes: rockfishes
copper rockfish: a rockfish of the Pacific coastal waters of North America
vermillion rockfish: a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America
red rockfish: a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America
rosefish: large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
cottidae: sculpins
cottus: type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
hemitripterus: sea ravens
sea raven: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
myxocephalus: grubby
grubby: small sculpin of the coast of New England
cyclopteridae: lumpfishes
cyclopterus: type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes
lumpfish: clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
liparididae: snailfishes
liparis: type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
snailfish: small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
agonidae: poachers
poacher: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
agonus: type genus of the Agonidae
pogge: northern Atlantic sea poacher
aspidophoroides: alligatorfishes
alligatorfish: small very elongate sea poachers
hexagrammidae: greenlings
hexagrammos: type genus of the Hexagrammidae
kelp greenling: common food and sport fish of western coast of North America
oxylebius: a genus of Hexagrammidae
painted greenling: greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
platycephalidae: scorpaenoid flatheads
triglidae: in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
triga: type genus of the Triglidae
tub gurnard: a kind of gurnard
sea robin: American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries
triglinae: in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)
prionotus: a genus of Triglidae
northern sea robin: large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
peristediinae: in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins
peristedion: in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
armored searobin: sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
dactylopteridae: flying gurnards
dactylopterus: a genus of Dactylopteridae
flying gurnard: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
plectognathi: boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
plectognath: tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
balistidae: triggerfishes
balistes: type genus of the Balistidae
queen triggerfish: tropical Atlantic fish
monocanthidae: filefishes
monocanthus: type genus of the Monocanthidae
leatherjacket: any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
ostraciidae: boxfishes
boxfish: any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
lactophrys: a genus of Ostraciidae
cowfish: trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
tetraodontidae: puffers
puffer: any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
diodontidae: spiny puffers
diodon: type genus of the Diodontidae
porcupinefish: spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
balloonfish: similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
chilomycterus: burrfishes
molidae: ocean sunfishes
genus mola: type genus of the Molidae
ocean sunfish: among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
sharptail mola: caudal fin has a central projection
heterosomata: flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
pleuronectidae: righteye flounders
righteye flounder: flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
pleuronectes: type genus of the Pleuronectidae
plaice: large European food fish
platichthys: a genus of Pleuronectidae
european flatfish: important food fish of Europe