The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DACE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2014.
Freshwater fish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DACE | 30 % | 4 |
| IDE | 11 % | 3 |
| PIKE | 7 % | 4 |
| ROACH | 7 % | 5 |
| CARP | 6 % | 4 |
| CHUB | 6 % | 4 |
| PERCH | 4 % | 5 |
| TROUT | 4 % | 5 |
| BREAM | 3 % | 5 |
| DARTER | 3 % | 6 |
| LOACH | 3 % | 5 |
| TENCH | 1 % | 5 |
| STONECAT | 1 % | 8 |
| BARBEL | 1 % | 6 |
| PICKEREL | 1 % | 8 |
| DACES | 1 % | 5 |
| CHUBS | 1 % | 5 |
| GARS | 1 % | 4 |
| DARTERS | 1 % | 7 |
| RUDD | 1 % | 4 |
| WALLEYE | 1 % | 7 |
| IDES | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Freshwater fish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- river dolphin
- palustrine wetland
- aquatic mammal
- trout
- aquatic macroinvertebrates
- marine mammal
- marine life
- marine protists
- freshwater aquarium
- deep-sea fish
- semiaquatic
- apistogramma
Crossword Answer definitions
DACE noun- The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DACE
- Carp kin
- Freshwater fish
- Small freshwater fish
- North American minnow
- Carp and minnows
- Minnow variety
- Silvery freshwater fish
- Fresh-water fish
- Small fish
- Minnow
More clues leading to the result IDE
- Chemical suffix
- A, b, h, or r ender
- Ox tail?
- O(ne of si)x (for a h)e(xago)n (or five for a pyrami)d
- Chemical ending
- Fluor- or brom- suffix
- Suffix with ox
- Suffix with chlor- or fluor-
- Suffix with cyan
- Carplike food fish
More clues leading to the result PIKE
- Old infantry weapon
- Explorer Zebulon
- Toll road
- Eponym of a peak
- Diver's position
- Sweet Betsy's home
- Diving position
- Long-nosed swimmer
- Peak discoverer Zebulon
- Diving position resembling the letter V
More clues leading to the result ROACH
- Black Flag victim
- Sunfish relative
- Cal. units
- "Little Rascals" producer
- Joint stub
- Unfinished joint
- Household pest
- Motel resident, maybe
- Nonpaying apartment dweller?
- Raid victim
More clues leading to the result CARP
- Find fault in a disagreeable way
- Freshwater catch
- Pond fish
- Bottom feeder
- Food fish
- Freshwater fish
- Find fault
- Complain
- Complain, like a fish?
- Beef
More clues leading to the result CHUB
- Carp-like fish
- Minnow relative
- Great Lakes fish
- Kin of a carp
- Ray-finned fish
- Ray-finned freshwater fish
- Whitefish cousin
- Fat fish?
- Extra pounds, in slang
- Black porgy, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PERCH
- Bird's roost
- Freshwater fish
- Sit, perhaps precariously
- Vantage point
- Spiny-finned food fish
- Roost
- Sit, like a parrot
- Elevated seat
- Sit
- Sit, like a sparrow
More clues leading to the result TROUT
- Food fish
- Rainbow or brook
- Freshwater game fish
- With 21-Across, where to put certain fish being sent to another department?
- Lake fish
- Prized catch
- Brook yields
- Dolly Varden, for one
- Lake catch
- Fly-fisher's prize
More clues leading to the result BREAM
- Saltwater porgy
- Minnow family member
- Grammy-winning British guitarist Julian
- Red-breasted sunfish
- Kin to a porgy
- Porgy's cousin
- Bluegill
- Silver-scaled fish
- Guitarist Julian
- Freshwater sunfish
More clues leading to the result DARTER
- Perch relative
- Snail ___ (threatened fish)
- Small freshwater fish
- Quick mover
- Freshwater fish
- Swift sudden runner.
- Small fresh-water fish.
- Snakebird.
- Snakebird
- Fish or bird
More clues leading to the result LOACH
- Aquarium bottom-feeder
- Aquarium bottomfeeder
- Fresh-water fish.
- Fish akin to the carp.
- Fish.
- Freshwater fish
- Aquarium fish
- Carp's cousin
- Slender freshwater fish
- Aquarium cleaner-fish
More clues leading to the result TENCH
- Carp cousin
- European freshwater fish.
- Fresh-water fish like the dace.
- Fresh-water fish.
- European food fish.
- Carp.
- Freshwater fish.
- Relative of the dace.
- European fish
- European freshwater fish
More clues leading to the result STONECAT
More clues leading to the result BARBEL
More clues leading to the result PICKEREL
More clues leading to the result DACES
- River fish
- Carp relatives
- Carp cousins
- Fresh-water fish.
- Golden shiners.
- Small fishes.
- Black-nosed fish.
- Fishes related to carp.
- Carplike fish.
- European fish
More clues leading to the result CHUBS
- Certain carps
- Great Lakes fish
- Freshwater fish
- Golden shiners, squawfish, etc.
- Common baitfish
- Fish often used as bait
- Bait fish
- Fresh water game fish
- Some baitfish
- Great Lakes fishes
More clues leading to the result GARS
- Long-snouted fish
- Needlefishes
- Long-jawed fish
- Fish with long snouts
- Needlefish
- Long-jawed fish species
- Needle-nosed fishes
- Long-jawed fishes
- Narrow-snouted swimmers
- Beaked fish
More clues leading to the result DARTERS
- Perch relatives
- Fast freshwater fish
- Swift sorts
- Freshwater fishes
- Fast-moving fish
- Snakebirds.
- Small perchlike fishes.
- Freshwater fish
- Fish-eating birds
- Fishes of the perch family
More clues leading to the result RUDD
- Paul of Knocked Up
- Paul of "Clueless"
- Ant-Man portrayer of 2015
- See 16-Across
- Paul of the Anchorman films
- Hughes of news
- Paul of "Anchorman"
- Paul of "Ant-Man"
- "Ant-Man" star Paul
- Freshwater fish
More clues leading to the result WALLEYE
- Pikeperch relative
- Large freshwater sport fish
- Perch relative
- Minnesota's state fish
- South Dakota's state fish
- Minnesota's state fish, and a hint to all 12 border answers in this puzzle
- State fish of South Dakota
- Large game fish
- Pike.
- Game fish.