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tigerfish

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).

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