Blackfish is a common name for the following species of fish, dolphins, and whales:
Fish
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Alaska blackfish
The Alaska blackfish (''Dallia pectoralis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the esocid family ( Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It inhabits Arctic regions of Alaska as well as Siberia and the Bering Sea islands.
Description
Alaska blackfish ...
, (''Dallia pectoralis''), an
Esocidae
Esocidae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. While the family traditionally only contained the genus ''Esox'', recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered ''Novumbra'' and ' ...
from Alaska, Siberia and the Bering Sea islands
* Black fish (''
Carassioides acuminatus'') a
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...
from China and Vietnam
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Black ruff (''Centrolophus niger'')
* Black sea bass (
''Centropristis striata'')
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Cornish blackfish (''Schedophilus medusophagus'')
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Gadopsis'', two Australian freshwater fish
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River blackfish
The river blackfish (''Gadopsis marmoratus'') is a freshwater fish endemic to the temperate waters of south-eastern Australia. It is found from southern Queensland through to central Victoria, including in the Murray- Darling river system. It ...
(''G. marmoratus'')
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Two-spined blackfish
The two-spined blackfish (''Gadopsis bispinosus'') is a species of temperate perch endemic to Australia.
It is found in the cool, clear, strong-flowing, cobble bottomed, sub-alpine rivers and streams (ranging from small to large) in the southe ...
(''G. bispinosus'')
* Galjoen (''
Dichistius capensis
The galjoen, black bream, or blackfish (''Dichistius capensis'') is a species of marine fish found only along the coast of southern Africa from Angola to South Africa.
Galjoen is the national fish of South Africa.
Distribution and habitat
Th ...
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Imperial blackfish (''Schedophilus ovalis'')
* Japanese black porgy, ''
Acanthopagrus schlegelii
''Acanthopagrus schlegelii'', commonly known as the blackhead seabream, Japanese black porgy or sea bream, is a fish often farmed for food in Japan. It is one of the most popular fishes for game fishing in Japan.
The body is ovoid and compressed, ...
'', a large
sea bream often cultivated in
aquaculture
* Parore (''
Girella tricuspidata
The parore (''Girella tricuspidata'') also known as luderick, black bream or blackfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand. ...
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Sacramento blackfish
The Sacramento blackfish (''Orthodon microlepidotus'') is a species of freshwater fish in central California. A cyprinid, the blackfish is the sole member of its genus.
Distribution and habitat
Blackfish are primarily denizens of the warm and ...
(''Orthodon microlepidotus'')
* Tautog (''
Tautoga onitis
The tautog (''Tautoga onitis''), also known as the blackfish, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. This species inhabits hard substrate habitats in inshore waters at depths from . It is ...
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Dolphins
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Pilot whale
Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus ''Globicephala''. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (''G. melas'') and the short-finned pilot whale (''G. macrorhynchus''). The two are not readily distinguishable at sea, ...
s, genus ''Globicephala''
Whales
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Many-toothed blackfish
The melon-headed whale (''Peponocephala electra''), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). The common name is derived from t ...
(''Peponocephala electra'')
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