sunfish, n.
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
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centrarchid sunfish
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crappie
freshwater bream, bream
pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus
rock bass, rock sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris
black bass
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among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
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headfish mola ocean sunfish sunfish
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the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
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sunfish