FISH SPECIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fish species mean? 

• FISH SPECIES (noun)
  The noun FISH SPECIES has 1 sense:

1. a species of fish

  Familiarity information: FISH SPECIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISH SPECIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A species of fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fish species" is a kind of...):

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fish species"):

Australian arowana; Dawson River salmon; saratoga; Scleropages leichardti; spotted barramundi; spotted bonytongue; Australian bonytongue; northern barramundi; Scleropages jardinii (a species of large fish found in Australian rivers)

Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch; giant seaperch; Lates calcarifer; white seabass (a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats)

 Context examples 

The international team studied 367 fish species in 43 countries, and noticed that levels of calcium, iron and zinc — which are crucial to healthy development — were particularly high in tropical fish species.

(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)

This is the first evidence that a fish species uses its internal magnetic compass to form a memory of current direction.

(Study uncovers magnetic memory of European glass eels, National Science Foundation)

Four new fish species were discovered in the National Copper Reserve and Associates (RENCA), abolished by a presidential decree.

(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)

Sharks, tuna, marlin and other large fish species were at particular risk, scientists said, with many vital ecosystems in danger of collapse.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While history has played an important role in the distribution and diversity of fish species in the Amazon basin, climate change, deforestation and building of power dams could alter such dynamics even more.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

This loss of oxygen can cause the loss of fish habitat or force them to move to other areas to survive, decreased reproductive capabilities in fish species and a reduction in the average size of shrimp caught.

(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)

Coral reefs, on which 25 per cent of the world’s fish species depend at some stage in their life-cycles, are similarly threatened by warming and acidification of the seas as result of climate change.

(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)