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Species of Fish in the Ocean |
 | | The various kinds of fish differ so greatly in shape, color, and size that it is hard to believe they all belong to the same group of animals. |
 | | Fish can be roughly defined (and there are a few exceptions) as cold-blooded creatures that have backbones, live in water, and have gills. |
 | | Smelt, common name for any of several species of marine and freshwater fish of the family Osmeridae of the northern hemisphere, characterized by the presence of a small adipose fin on the dorsal surface of the body, and by rather large scales, which readily fall off. |
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