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Electric-sheath or cat-fish. Malapterurus electricus. Fresh waters of 
tropical Africa. 
Elephant-fish. Callorhynchus antarcticus, New Zealand. 
Elleck. Trigla eueulus. Britain. 
Escholar. hyrsites pretiosus. Havannah. 
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Fall-fish. See Dace. North America. 
Fera. Coregonus acronius. Lakes of Europe. 
Fighting-fish. Betta pugnax. Siam. 
File-fish. Species of the genus Ballistes. Tropical Seas. 
Fishing-frog. Lophius piscatorius. 
Flat-fish. All species of Prevronzcrips. 
Flat-head. In Australia, all species of Platycephalus. 
Flat-tail mullet. In Sydney, Mugil peronii. ~ 
Flounder. In Britain, Pleuronectes flesus ; in Sydney, Pseudorhombus 
russelit ; in Melbourne, Rhombosolea victorie; New Zealand, 
Rhombosolea monopus. 
Fluke. Rhombus megastoma. 
Flute-mouth. Pipe-fishes. Family Syyenarumpaz. 
Flying-fish. Four different species of Hzocoetus. 
Flying-gurnard. Three species of Dactylopterus. 
Forkbeard. Merlucius vulgaris, Europe. Also Hake. 
Fortescue. In Sydney, Pentaroge marmorata, or 40-skewer. 
Frasling. The common Perch. See Crutchet. 
Freshwater herring. Salmo greyi. Ireland ; In Sydney, Olupea rich- 
mondia. 
Freshwater cat-fish. See Cat-fish. 
Freshwater sole. Synaptura selheimi. Queensland. 
Frog-fish. See Fishing-frog ; also species of Antennarius. 
Frost-fish. Lepidopus caudatus. Australia, New Zealand. (In Europe 
this is called Scabbard-fish). Also Regalecus banksit. 
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Gallo. The John Dory is so called in South Europe. 
Gar-fish. In Sydney, Hemirhamphus intermedius; in Melbourne, 
Belone ferox. 
Gar-pike, in America. See Bony-pike. In Britain, Belone belone ; 
elsewhere, other species of Belone. 
Garvie. In Britain, young of Clupea harengus. 
Gaspereau. See Alewife. 
Gillaroo. Salmo stomachius. Ireland. 
Gilthead. In Britain, Chrysophrys aurata, also Labrus rupestris. 
Globe-fish. Various species of Diodon and Tetradon. 
Glut. Anguila latirostris, West Indies. 
Glutinous-hag. See Borer. . 
Goby. Various species of the family Gosrpa. 
Gold-fish. Cyprinus auratus. 
Gold sinny. See Cork-wing. 
Golden orfe. See Id. } 
Golden perch. In Australia, Otenolates auratus. 
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