tiger fish

noun

: any of various fishes that suggest a tiger usually either in being extremely voracious or in being marked with black: such as

a

: any of several vigorous predaceous freshwater sport fishes (genus Hydrocyon) widely distributed in African rivers

b

: piranha

c

Africa : a black-striped Indo-Pacific sea perch (Therapon jarbua)

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