tigerfish
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Noun
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: The jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any barracuda.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
- A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).
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