Blackfish
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Blackfish is a common name of fishes.
Species which are called blackfish include:
- Alaska blackfish, Dallia pectoralis
- Black sea bass, Centropristis striata
- Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus
- Tautog, Tautoga onitis
- Parore, Girella tricuspidata
- Rudderfish, Centrolophus niger
- Gadopsis, two Australian freshwater fish
- Galjoen, Dichistius capensis
- Japanese black porgy, Mylio macrocephalus, a large Japanese sea bream often cultivated in aquaculture
- Types of cetaceans, commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
- Killer whale (Orca), Orcinus orca
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
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