buffalo fish

noun

1. any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus : family Catostomidae (suckers)

Example Sentences

It’s buffalo fish, which I grew up cooking on Friday nights with my grandmother outside of Memphis.

From Washington Post

But Lackmann says buffalo fish play an important role in the aquatic ecosystem.

From Washington Times

Now, months later, scientific testing has confirmed that the fish is a very rare – very bright – bigmouth buffalo fish.

From Fox News

The day before, he and others had hauled 1,200 pounds of carp and some buffalo fish out of the Mississippi River.

From Washington Post

He says they catch bighead carp, silver carp, grass carp and buffalo fish.

From Seattle Times