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  2. Big Mouth Billy Bass - Wikipedia

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    The fish is made of latex rubber with an internal plastic mechanical skeleton. At first glance, the product appears to be a mounted game fish. The item was conceived by a Gemmy Industries product development vice president following his visit to a Bass Pro Shop.

  3. Roosevelt Room - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Roosevelt kept an aquarium and hung several mounted fish in the room, and the room became known as the Fish Room. President Kennedy continued the fish name and hung a large mounted sailfish on the wall.

  4. Walleye - Wikipedia

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    The walleye ( Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum ), also called the walleyed pike [3], yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, [4] is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch.

  5. Ormolu - Wikipedia

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    Bowl Mounted with Two Fish; bowl: 1730–1740, fishes: early 18th century, mounts: 1745–1749; porcelain with glaze monochrome turquoise/light blue and French ormolu mounts; 18.7 cm; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, US) Patinated and ormolu Empire timepiece representing Mars and Venus, an allegory of the wedding of Napoleon I and Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria in 1810; by the famous ...

  6. Goldfish - Wikipedia

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    jīnyú. Feral Goldfish found in Essex County, Ontario. Carassius auratus by Alexander Francis Lydon. The goldfish ( Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish.

  7. National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    The lower jaw of the fish is an observation deck that has on occasion been used for weddings. The museum contains exhibitions of over 400 mounted fish, along with 300 outboard motors . [4] The Hall of Fame also maintains records for the largest fresh water fish in the United States and the world.

  8. Fish - Wikipedia

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    A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish , the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish , as well as the extinct placoderms and ...

  9. Mudskipper - Wikipedia

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    Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family Oxudercidae. They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestrial locomotion and jumping, and the ability to survive prolonged periods of time both in and out of water.

  10. Walking fish - Wikipedia

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    Mudskippers are one type of walking fish. A walking fish, or ambulatory fish, is a fish that is able to travel over land for extended periods of time. Some other modes of non-standard fish locomotion include "walking" along the sea floor, for example, in handfish or frogfish.

  11. Fallfish - Wikipedia

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    The fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) is a North American freshwater fish, a chub in the family Cyprinidae. The fallfish is the largest minnow species native to Eastern North America.