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Needlefish

The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.

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Sea horse 76% connected

A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted i…

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Teleost 76% connected

One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

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Billfish 92% connected

A name applied to several distinct fishes

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Gar 92% connected

Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pipefish 92% connected

Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates…

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