fish school
Synchronized swimming group
A fish school is a group of fish swimming together in coordinated movement, maintaining similar spacing and direction.
The synchronized behavior offers protection from predators and improved foraging efficiency.
School functions as both noun and verb: The fish school near the reef, A school of tuna passed beneath the boat.
Also called a shoal, though schools imply tighter coordination.
- shoalShallow water hazard
- swarmMass of moving insects
- flockAnimals gathered together
- safety in numbersProtection through group size
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
gills · fins · swim bladder · swimming · shimmering · silvery · scales · underwater · deep sea · ocean · coral reef · reef · synchronized · darting · predator · bait · tuna · sardines
- group behaviorflocking, herding, swarming, murmuration, shoaling
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- Swarmsbee swarm, locust swarm, ant swarm, termite swarm, mosquito swarm
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- ocean habitatscoral reef, kelp forest, tide pools, intertidal zone, deep sea
- tuna fishingalbacore, bigeye, bluefin, bluefin tuna, skipjack