garfish

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Synonyms for garfish

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

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sarda Scomber sp.; Gadus morhua and Merlangius merlangus euxinus and Belone belone (9 , 10, 15, 16, 19, 21, 28-37).
Table 4 shows trace element concentrations in muscle tissues of 17 different fish species, namely, Silurus glanis, Blicca bjoerkna, Capoeta pestai, Cyprinus carpio, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Mugil cephalus, Barbus capito, Esox lucius, Tinca tinca, Trachurus mediterraneus, Sarda sarda, Mullus barbatus, Engraulis encrasicolus, Gobius niger, Merlangius merlangus, Belone belone and Pomatomus saltatrix.
Mutlu, "Heavy metal contaminants in tissues of the garfish, Belone belone L., 1761, and the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix L., 1766, from Turkey waters," Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol.
The largest catches in these areas include eels (Anguilla anguilla), sea bass (Dicentrarchus), giltheads (Sparus aurata), mullets (Mugil cephalus, Chelon labrosus), square-tail mullet (Liza), garfish (Belone belone), smelts (Atherina), soles (Solea), and flounders (Plat-ichthys).