Answer list
Fish
69 answers whose clue names the category, from 3 to 10 letters.
Fish clues often give a habitat or a way of cooking, and the same names double as foods. Short names such as eel and cod are favourites because they fit anywhere; longer ones usually come with a descriptive clue.
Most of them have 5 / 7 letters. The first letters that occur most often are S, M, T. Each answer links to its own page with more clues.
This list has 69 answers, from 3 to 10 letters; 61% of them have five to seven. In crosswords the category is usually signalled by a short opener such as “small”, “large”, so the clue narrows the family before the crossings do. The members that catch solvers out are the rarer ones: MAHIMAHI (Warm-sea fish), MULLOWAY (Australian food fish) and SAUREL (California food fish).
| Answer | Clue |
|---|---|
| ANGELFISH | Reef swimmer |
| BONITO | Tuna-like fish |
| CAPLIN | Small northern fish |
| CARP | Raised food fish |
| CHARR | Troutlike fish |
| CHIMAERA | Deep-sea fish |
| CHUB | Stocky freshwater fish |
| CISCO | Cold-water fish |
| COBIA | Dark marine fish |
| COD | Fish in chowder |
| DACE | Small freshwater fish |
| DOGFISH | Small shark |
| EEL | Long slippery fish |
| FISH | Animal in water |
| FLATHEAD | Bottom dwelling fish |
| GAR | Needle-nosed fish |
| GOBY | Tiny coastal fish |
| GOURAMI | Labyrinth fish |
| GRENADIER | Deep-sea fish |
| GROUPER | Large reef fish |
| GUDGEON | Small bait fish |
| GUPPY | Tiny aquarium fish |
| GURNARD | Armored sea fish |
| HADDOCK | North Atlantic food fish |
| HAKE | Codlike food fish |
| HAMMERHEAD | Oddly shaped shark |
| HERRING | Oily fish |
| LING | Long food fish |
| LIZA | Caribbean fish |
| LOACH | Slender bottom fish |
| MACKEREL | Oily ocean fish |
| MAHIMAHI | Warm-sea fish |
| MAIGRE | European food fish |
| MANTA | Large ocean ray |
| MARLIN | Large sport fish |
| MOLLY | Aquarium fish |
| MONKFISH | Angler's catch |
| MULLET | Barbeled fish |
| MULLOWAY | Australian food fish |
| PIKE | Long-snouted fish |
| PIRANHA | Sharp-toothed Amazon fish |
| PLATY | Livebearing fish |
| POLLACK | North Atlantic food fish |
| POMPANO | Food fish |
| PORGY | Deep-bodied fish |
| PUFFER | Inflating fish |
| RUDD | Red-finned fish |
| SALMON | Pink fish |
| SARDINE | Small canned fish |
| SAUREL | California food fish |
| SHAD | Migrating food fish |
| SHARK | Fin-topped ocean predator |
| SHINER | Small silvery fish |
| SNAPPER | Reef fish |
| SNOEK | Southern food fish |
| SNOOK | Tropical game fish |
| STINGRAY | Flat reef swimmer |
| STURGEON | Caviar fish |
| TARPON | Large game fish |
| TAUTOG | Atlantic food fish |
| TENCH | European freshwater fish |
| TETRA | Small aquarium fish |
| THRESHER | Whiptail shark |
| TROUT | Cold-water game fish |
| TUNA | Large food fish |
| TUNNY | Sea fish |
| TURBOT | Flat food fish |
| WALLEYE | Freshwater game fish |
| WHITING | Codlike fish |
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