fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])

shark

to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

whale; CL:條|条[tiao2]

alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])

octopus

to catch fish; to fish

squid

tuna

mermaid

salmon; trout

goldfish

(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb

sardine (loanword)

eel

bass; perch

salmon (loanword)

abalone

catfish

herring

cod

ribbonfish; hairtail; beltfish; cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)

trout

deep-fried fish

Exocet (missile)

flying fish

flatfish; flounder

salted fish

piranha

carp

chum salmon

Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius); see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[ma3 jiao1 yu2]

gray mullet (Mugil cephalus); snakehead fish (family Channidae)

mermaid; dugong; sea cow; manatee; giant salamander

tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes); various species of cutlassfish; saury

swordfish

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

Pisces (star sign)

see 嘉魚縣|嘉鱼县[Jia1 yu2 Xian4]

softshell turtle

cuttlefish

trout

variant of 鱠魚|鲙鱼[kuai4 yu2]

to fish

fighting fish (genus Betta)

to catch fish; (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy

betta fish; Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens); Chinese betta; paradise fish (genus Macropodus)

mokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)

mandarin fish