predatory fish
Underwater carnivorous swimmer
A predatory fish is one that hunts and eats other animals—typically other fish, but also crustaceans, insects, or small mammals.
Sharks, pike, and bass are predatory fish.
The term appears in ecology, fishing, and aquarium keeping: Predatory fish need protein-rich diets.
Most fish are predatory to some degree.
- carnivoreCreature eating only animals
- killer instinctMerciless competitive determination
- sharp teethPointed dental structures
- razor sharpExtremely fine edge
- pikeLong battlefield spear
barracuda · countershading · streamlined body · pack hunting · hunting grounds · freshwater · anglerfish · deep sea · coral reefs · moray eel · open ocean · gills · attack · ichthyology · stalking · teeth · swift · strike
- aquaculture threatsherons, cormorants, kingfishers, otters, sea lice
- ichthyologyichthyology, swim bladder, spawning, feeding behavior, species identification
- dragonfishbioluminescence, barbel, elongated body
predatory fishalgae eater
Organism consuming aquatic plant growth
bottom feeder · parrotfish · surgeonfish · tangs · silver carp
predatory fishforage fish
Small prey species
baitfish · feeder fish · prey species · herring · minnow