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| German-English Glossary: Fish and Marine Animals L-Z | |
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| Fischarten • Kinds of Fish L-Z Annotated German-English Glossary |
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| DEUTSCH | ENGLISCH | Latein - Latin |
| der Lachs | salmon | Salmo salar |
| die Laube die Ukelei |
bleak | Alburnus alburnus |
| die Makrele | mackerel | Scomber scombrus |
| die Meeräsche | grey mullet | Mugilidae family |
| die Meerbarbe Gestreifte Meerbarbe |
red mullet striped mullet |
Mugilidae family Mullus surmuletus |
| Meeresfrüchte (pl.) | sea food | Term used on German restaurant menus. |
| der Mondfisch | sunfish | Mola mola |
| die Nase | nase | Chondrostoma nasus |
| das Neunauge das Bachneunauge das Flussneunauge |
lamprey | Geotria australis Lampreta planeri Lampreta fluviatilis |
| das Plankton | plankton | Zooplankton/Tierplankton |
| Plankton can be either plants (Phytoplankton) or animals (Zooplankton). Most are microscopic in size, but the Ctenophora varieties (i.e., jellyfish/Quallen) can be quite large. | ||
| die Pfrille/Maipiere | minnow | Phoxinus phoxinus |
| die Qualle (-n) Blaue Feuerqualle Rippenqualle Gelbe Haarqualle Seeblase (Portugiesische Galeere) |
jellyfish blue jellyfish comb jellyfish lion's mane jellyfish Portuguese man-of-war |
Ctenophora Cyanea lamarcki Pleurobrachia pileus Cynea capillata Physalis physalis |
| der Rochen Giftrochen Stachelrochen |
ray, stingray (poison) stingray stingray |
There are about 400 kinds of rays. |
| das Rotauge Bleier, Plötze |
roach | Rutilus rutilus |
| Roter Schnapper | red snapper | Lutjanus campechanus |
| der Saibling | char (type of trout) | Salvelinus |
| die Sardine (-n) | sardines | Sardinella |
| der Schellfisch (-e) der Haddock |
haddock smoked haddock |
Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
| der Schnappfisch | red snapper | Lutjanus blackfordi/Lutjanus campechanus |
| der Schneider/der Döbel | chub (European) | Alburnoides bipunctatus Leuciscus cephalus |
| die Scholle | halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus |
| die Scholle | plaice | Pleuronectes platessa |
| der Schwamm (Schwämme) | sponge | Porifera, Spongiaria |
| der Schweinswal (-e) | porpoise | Phocoena phocoena |
| NOTE: Don't confuse the dolphin fish (percoid) with the mammalian dolphin (Delphinus delphis) or porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)! You can understand the German name better if you remember that "porpoise" is based on Latin porca (pig). There are over 79 species of dolphin (Web link). | ||
| der Schwertfisch (-e) | swordfish | Xiphias gladius |
| die Seeanemone (-n) | anemone (fish), sea anemone |
Amphiprion percula |
| das Seeohr | abalone | Haliotis tuberculata |
| das Seepferdchen (-) | seahorse | Hippocampus erectus |
| der Seestern (-e) | starfish | Asteroidea order |
| die Seezunge | sole | Solea solea |
| die Sepia | cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis |
| der Stachelrochen | stingray | There are about 400 kinds of rays. |
| der Steinbutt | turbot | Rhombus maximus |
| der Stint | smelt | Osmeridae family |
| der Stör (-e) der Seestör |
sturgeon lake sturgeon |
Acipenser sturio Acipenser fulvescens |
| der Taschenkrebs (-e) | crab edible crab |
Cancridae family |
| der Thunfisch | tuna | Thunnus |
| der Tintenfisch Klasse: Kopffüßer (pl.) |
octopus | Cephalopoda family |
| der Walfisch der Mörderwal |
whale killer whale |
Cetacea order Orcinus orca |
| der weiße Thun | albacore | Thunnus alalunga |
| der Wels | catfish | Siluris glanis |
| der Zackenbarsch | grouper | Epinephelus guaza |
| der Zander der Hechtbarsch |
pike perch | Lucioperca lucioperca |
| Also see the English-German Fischmerkmale (Parts of a Fish) glossary! BACK: FISHLEXIKON (Deutsch: A-K) MORE: Das Tierlexikon |
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