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Fishes Are Not Always Fishes ! Surprised ? Go Through This Article

SAIKAT KUMAR DUTTA
INTRODUCTION

The names of few animals are ended with the term 'Fish' or it's homonym like 'Phis', although they belong under the different Animal Phylum and also their names of Genus are different. It is confusing to some people to get the proper idea about an animal after watching such names, because all the animal names ended with 'Fish' are not really a fish. As for example, if a person thinks that Silver Fish is a fish as white as silver then that will be a partially wrong idea, because the animal Silver Fish is really white coloured but it is not at all a fish, instead of that it is a Pterygot insect that never can fly. Silver Fishes (Phylum : Uniramia, Genus : Lepisma) are generally found as a book worm and are notorious for cutting the pages of books.

LIST OF THE ANIMALS ENDED WITH 'FISH' / 'PHIS'

Some names of the animals are listed below for your view, few of them are really fish (bolded), watch them :-

  1. Jelly Fish : An animal under Phylum : Cnideria, Genus : Aurelia.
  2. Cray Fish : An animal under Phylum : Crustacea, Genus : ?
  3. Prawn Fish : An animal under Phylum : Crustacea, Genus : Macrobrachium..
  4. Silver Fish : An animal under Phylum : Uniramia, Genus : Lepisma.
  5. Cattle Fish : An animal under Phylum : Mollusca, Genus : Sepia.
  6. Devil Fish : An animal under Phylum : Mollusca, Genus : Octopus.
  7. Star Fish : An animal under Phylum : Echinodermata, Genus : Asterias.
  8. Hag Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Myxine .
  9. Dog Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Scoliodon.
  10. Cat Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Clarias.
  11. Gold Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Statophagus.
  12. Flying Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Exocoetus.
  13. Pipe fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Syngnathus.
  14. Saw Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Pristis.
  15. Bow Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Amia.
  16. Sucker Fish : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Echeneis.
  17. Ichthyophis : An animal under Phylum : Chordata, Genus : Ichthyophis.

SOME TERMS RELATED TO FISH USED AS DELICIOUS FOODS !

Some terms related to 'Fish' are used as delicious food preparations in whole over the world specially in India and it's subcontinents, so, don't get confused with those terms. Watch the following list ! It will give you fun :

  1. Butter fish ,
  2. Chilly fish,
  3. Fish kalia,
  4. Fish fry,
  5. Fish finger,
  6. Fish kaviraji,
  7. Fish cutlet,
  8. Fish roll,
  9. Fish chop,
  10. Fish ball,
  11. Fish paturi,
  12. Fish polau.

Published by SAIKAT KUMAR DUTTA

I am a Zoologist and presently researching on the field of animal study in University of Calcutta, India ,and I published my works on different journals of Zoology, also I am a poet.  View profile

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  • Julia Kazan7/23/2008

    Where I am from, cray fish are called "craw dads".

  • lorenz3/7/2008

    ganda ng mga features...

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