Tigerfish can refer to fish from various families, and derives from official and colloquial associations of these with the tiger (Panthera tigris). However...
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The Mark 24 Tigerfish was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1980s and 90s. Conceptual development dates to...
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Hydrocynus goliath (redirect from Goliath tigerfish)
Hydrocynus goliath, also known as the goliath tigerfish, giant tigerfish, or mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae...
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The Siamese tigerfish (Datnioides pulcher), also known as the Siamese tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae,...
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Hydrocynus (redirect from African Tigerfish)
is a genus of characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," native to Africa. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ...
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Ice Station Zebra (redirect from USS Tigerfish)
James Ferraday, captain of the American nuclear attack submarine USS Tigerfish stationed at Holy Loch, Scotland, is ordered by Admiral Garvey to rescue...
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Hydrocynus vittatus, the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally...
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Datnioides microlepis (redirect from Finescale tigerfish)
known as the Indonesian tiger perch, Indo datmoid, Indonesian tigerfish, or finescale tigerfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the...
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British 21-inch torpedo (section Mark 24 Tigerfish)
Mod 0 Tigerfish (1974) Mark 24 Mod 1 Tigerfish (1978) Mark 24(N) Tigerfish (nuclear payload variant, paper study only) Mark 24 Mod 2 Tigerfish (1987)...
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Operation Tigerfish was the military code name in World War II for the air raid on Freiburg in the evening of 27 November 1944 by the Royal Air Force...
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Tigerfish Aviation is an aerospace research and development company based in Norwood, South Australia. The company has been developing a retractable pontoon...
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Hydrocynus forskahlii (redirect from Elongate tigerfish)
Hydrocynus forskahlii, the elongate tigerfish, is a species of predatory characin from the family Alestidae which is found in northern and western Africa...
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deployment in 1992. By 2004, the new weapon had completely replaced the older Tigerfish torpedo. The torpedo is driven by a pump-jet coupled to a Hamilton Sundstrand...
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Terapon jarbua (redirect from Three-striped tigerfish)
Terapon jarbua, the jarbua terapon, crescent grunter, crescent banded grunter, crescent perch, spiky trumpeter, thornfish or tiger perch, is a species...
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Datnioides campbelli (redirect from New Guinea tigerfish)
Datnioides campbelli, the New Guinea tiger perch, New Guinea tigerfish or Campbell's tigerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae...
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Datnioides polota (redirect from Silver tigerfish)
polota, the silver tigerfish, silver tiger perch, barred tigerfish, four-banded tripletail, four-banded tigerfish or four-barred tigerfish, is a species of...
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belonging to the family Lobotidae. These fishes are commonly known as tigerfish, tiger perch or freshwater tripletails. These fishes are found in the...
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known as the tigerfish, Nile tigerfish or Sahelian tigerfish, is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout Africa. The tigerfish is silver in...
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Kariba include Nile crocodiles and hippopotami. Gamefish, particularly tigerfish, which was among the indigenous species of the Zambezi river system, now...
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lungfish (Protopterus), and characins can be also taken. Even African Tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) can be preyed upon by fish eagles, especially while...
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during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Conqueror was also equipped with Tigerfish torpedoes, but her captain chose to use the more reliable, 55-year-old...
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the unreliable Tigerfish. This proposal did not gain approved project status, although its raison d'être was similar to that for Tigerfish, and intended...
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Mbenga may refer to: Hydrocynus goliath (Goliath Tigerfish), an African predatory freshwater fish Phialucium mbenga, a species of cnidarian Mbenga people...
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1944, a raid by more than 300 bombers of RAF Bomber Command (Operation Tigerfish) destroyed a large portion of the city centre, with the notable exception...
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for the 2002 suspense/horror movie Below. List of fictional ships Ice Station Zebra (film), with a fictional U.S. Navy submarine named USS Tigerfish...
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Reserve is to the east. It is the only dam in South Africa where African tigerfish (family Alestidæ) can be caught. The uPhongolo Local Municipality is one...
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were carried, although these were replaced in the 1970s by the Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedo. The class were also the first since the World War I-era R class...
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Among the natives in the river is the huge, highly carnivorous giant tigerfish. Three of the more unusual endemics are the whitish (non-pigmented) and...
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carried a payload of 20 torpedoes for the forward tubes; a mix of Mark 24 Tigerfish and Mark 8 torpedoes, while only the two preloaded Mark 20S torpedoes...
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Tennessee Author. Published posthumously. 2016 Our Family Trouble: A Domestic Thriller Winston, Don Tigerfish 0692838082 Novel. Author Nashville native....
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