Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish, the “lake herring,”
- noun A fish of the genus Tylosurus; a garfish.
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Examples
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Adult fish residing here include topsmelt, California killifish, staghorn sculpin and longjaw mudsucker.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California 2008
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Species in their juvenile stages that are found in the reserve's creeks and streams have included longjaw, mudsucker, northern anchovy and several species of gobies.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California 2008
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