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Paddlefish vs Garfish - What's the difference?

paddlefish | garfish |

As nouns the difference between paddlefish and garfish

is that paddlefish is any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle while garfish is any fish of the needlefish family family: Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species species: Belone belone.

paddlefish

English

Noun

(wikipedia paddlefish) (en-noun)
  • Any of several primitive fish, of the family (l), that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.

    • Derived terms

    * (American paddlefish) * Chinese paddlefish

    garfish

    English

    (wikipedia garfish) (Belonidae) (Lepisosteidae)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any fish of the needlefish family .
  • Any North or Central American fish of the family .

    • Synonyms

    * (fish of family Belonidae) needlefish, long-nose * (fish of family Lepisosteidae) gar, garpike