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bonaci
a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species -
coney
a kind of rabbit or a pika: early term no longer in scientific use -
graysby
a serranid fish, Epinephelus cruentatus, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, having a reddish-gray body marked with vermilion spots. -
hind
situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal. -
requiem shark
any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark. -
soapfish
any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.