fingerlings

Tiny juvenile fish

Fingerlings are young fish, typically salmon or trout, that have grown past the fry stage and reached roughly finger length—usually two to four inches.

At this size, they're ready to be released into streams or transferred to larger growing facilities: The hatchery released ten thousand fingerlings into the river.

Fingerling also describes a small, elongated variety of potato.

fish

fry

Cook in hot fat

salmon · bass · stocking · aquaculture · rearing · pond · tank · feed · growth · release

potatoes

tubers

Underground plant storage organs

harvest · baking · boiling · mashing · crispy · buttery · herbed · garlic · skin-on · waxy

aquarium

tank

Large storage vessel

  • guppiesSmall tropical aquarium fish
  • tetrasSmall tropical aquarium fish
  • cichlidsSpiny-finned freshwater fish family

betta · livebearers · catfish · loaches · filter · heater · planted · substrate · breeding · tropical

Categories
Opposites
life stage/maturity

fingerlingsbroodstock

Animals reserved for reproduction

spawners · adults · breeding stock · breeders · trophy fish

size category

fingerlingslunkers

Exceptionally large fish

whoppers · giants

potato size/maturity

fingerlingsrusset potatoes

Brown-skinned baking variety

Idaho potatoes

Phrases
Family

fingerling

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