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tigerfish.

Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:

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noun
  1. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.

  2. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any barracuda.

  3. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.

  4. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.

  5. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.

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  6. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.

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  7. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.

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  8. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.

  9. A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).

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From tiger + fish.

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