food fish in English

noun
1
a species of fish that is used as food by humans or forms a major part of the diet of a particular predator.
They are too small to be considered a food fish for humans.

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1. Many major food fish are in this order.

2. European freshwater food fish having a greenish back.

3. FAI ACD 150 Agri-Food, Fish and Resource Products Description:

4. Hailed as "poor man's lobster," Burbot is a prized food fish

5. Cobia are also farmed as food fish in China and Taiwan, and Cobia aquaculture is …

6. Alewife, (Pomolobus, or Alosa, pseudoharengus), important North American food fish of the herring family, Clupeidae

7. Bonito meat is a low-calorie food fish because it contains fat lesser than tuna fish

8. A large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus Carpio, native to Asia but widely cultivated as a food fish

9. Caplin definition: a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

10. What does Cusk mean? A food fish (Brosme brosme) of North Atlantic coastal waters that is related to the cod

11. Bonefish definition is - a slender silvery small-scaled fish (Albula vulpes) that is a notable sport and food fish of warm seas.

12. The larvae and pupae are collected and processed into bird food, fish bait and in the production of traditional medicines in Thailand and Indonesia.

13. Butterfish definition, a small, flattened, marine food fish, Peprilus triacanthus, of Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having very small scales and smooth skin

14. Bonito is a popular food fish in the Mediterranean; its flesh is similar to tuna and mackerel, and its size is intermediate between the two

15. A large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus Carpio, native to Asia but widely introduced in tropical and temperate waters: an important food fish in many countries

16. USS Cusk (SS/SSG/AGSS-348), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the Cusk, a large food fish related to the cod.

17. Barramundi definition is - a catadromous bony fish (Lates calcarifer of the family Centropomidae) with a greenish-bronze back and silvery sides that is found from the Persian Gulf to southern China and Australia and is valued as a sport and food fish.