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Fish with 8 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 18 fish have exactly 8 letters, from “Arapaima” to “Wolffish”.
Fish with 8 letters
- Arapaima
- Blobfish
- Bonefish
- Flounder
- Frogfish
- Goldfish
- Grayling
- Lionfish
- Lumpfish
- Lungfish
- Mackerel
- Monkfish
- Pipefish
- Sailfish
- Seahorse
- Stingray
- Sturgeon
- Wolffish
About this list
- 18 of the 120 fish have exactly 8 letters (15%).
- Most start with S (4), L (3) and B (2).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some eight-letter fish?
- 18 of the 120 fish in Icillion have exactly 8 letters, for example Goldfish, Mackerel and Stingray.
- Which eight-letter fish start with S?
- S is the most common first letter here, with 4 names, such as Sailfish, Seahorse, Stingray and Sturgeon.
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