雅思词汇:各种鱼的英文说法

2017-07-25 17:30:50来源:中国教育信息网

  鳕鱼 Cod

  三文鱼:salmon

  Salmon (/?s?m?n/) is the common name for several species of fish in thefamily Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; thedifference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident,butthis distinction does not strictly hold true. Salmon live along the coasts ofboth the North Atlantic (the migratory species Salmo salar) and Pacific Oceans(half a dozen species of the genus Oncorhynchus), and have also been introducedinto the Great Lakes of North America. Salmon are intensively produced inaquaculturein many parts of the world.

  鲈鱼:weever

  Weevers (or Weeverfish) are nine extant species of fish of familyTrachinidae, order Perciformes. They are long (up to 37 cm), mainly brown andhave poisonous spines on their first dorsal fin and gills. Weevers are unusualin not having a swim bladder as do most bony fish and as a result sink as soonas they stop actively swimming. Weevers are sometimes used as an ingredient inthe recipe for bouillabaisse.Weevers are sometimes erroneously called 'weaverfish', although the word is unrelated. In fact, the word 'weever' is believed toderive from the Old French word 'wivre', meaning serpent or dragon, from theLatin 'vipera'. It is sometimes also known as the viperfish, although it is notrelated to the viperfish proper (i.e., the stomiids of the genusChauliodus).

  桂鱼:mandarin fish

  多宝鱼:turbot

  鲱鱼:herring

  鲥鱼:hilsa herring

  黑鱼:snakehead

  鲶鱼:catfish

  鳟鱼:trout

  鳝鱼/鳗鱼:eel

  带鱼:hairtail

  鱿鱼:squid

  Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateralsymmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight armsarranged inpairs and two, usually longer, tentacles. Squid are strong swimmers and certainspecies can "fly" for short distances out of the water.

  墨鱼:cuttlefish

  比目鱼:flounder

  Flounder are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish found atthe bottom of coastal lagoons andestuaries of the Northern Atlantic and PacificOceans.

  鳕鱼:cod

  Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of demersal fishes, belonging tothe familyGadidae. Cod is also used as part of the commons name for a number ofother fishes, and there are species suggested to belong to genus Gadus that arenot called cod (the Alaska pollock).

  金枪鱼:tuna

  A tuna is a saltwater finfish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, asub-grouping of the mackerel family(Scombridae) – which together with the tunas,also includes the bonitos, mackerels, and Spanish mackerels. Thunnini comprisesfifteen species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, rangingfrom thebullet tuna (max. length: 50 cm (1.6 ft), weight: 1.8 kg (4 lb)) up tothe Atlantic bluefin tuna (max. length: 4.6 m (15 ft), weight: 684 kg (1,508lb)). The bluefin averages 2 m (6.6 ft), and is believed to live for up to 50years.

  鲤鱼:carp

  Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae,a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.

  白鲢:silver carp