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Tackle Box Crossword Puzzle

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Fish come with a range of names, many of which carry ordinary names. Where this occurs I've tried to give you both clues. Let's go fishing and... best of luck.
Author: pollucci19 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Carcharodon carcharias or Greg Norman's nickname; ___ White Shark
      4. Eucyclogobius newberryi or the Northern tide-___ goby (think of its natural habitat)
      7. That cry of surprise when you catch that elusive fish
      8. Astronotus ocellatus, a cichlid that could win an Academy Award
      9. The Pterophyllum may be a divine being; ___ fish
      10. An elongated fish
      11. Tasmanian water spot for brown trout, sounds like Wales' national emblem; Lake ___
      14. Era that fish began to evolve (might have caught the worm); ___ Paleozoic
      17. Blackish fluid secreted by cuttlefish or a reddish brown linked with monochrome photos
      20. Poecilia reticulata, one of the world's most widely distributed tropical fish aka millionfish
      23. Railroad unit with tanks for transporting live fish; Fish ___
      24. Cartilaginous fish that might be two under par; ___ Ray
      25. Shades of "Copperhead Road" (1988), ___'s Splitfin of the genus Luzonichthys
      26. Alosa pseudoharengus, the answer is in your beer for this N. American herring; ___wife
      27. Sounds like a Central American language, alt. name for Mexican mojarra; ___ Cichlid
      28. In the nude, from the family Gymnotidae; ___-back knifefish

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      1. Fish of the Inimicus genus... could be an evil spirit that robs graves
      2. Euclichthys polynemus, named for the easternmost locality of Western Australia; ___ cod
      3. Trichopodus trichopterus (the first few letters give it away); ___ spot gourami
      4. Orca, sperm or baleen... just ask Jonah
      5. Galeocerdo cuvier. This cat has stripes; ___ shark
      6. Not a fisherman but one of Australia's greatest sailors; ___ Tasker
      12. Tetragonurus atlanticus, watch closely to see this one; Big___ squaretail
      13. Ornamental carp, common in water gardens
      15. Plecoglossus altivelis, relative of the smelt fish; ___ sweetfish
      16. Moxostoma lacerum, lick your chop for this ray-finned fish; Hair___ sucker
      17. Physeter macrocephalus, largest of toothed whales, sounds like a male reproductive cell; ___ whale
      18. A "tiny" member of the subfamily Elassomatinae; ___ sunfish
      19. Singular suffix for a fish group e.g. the one that crabs belong to
      20. Xiphophorus hellerii, get envious of its colouring; ___ swordtail
      21. Named after the second longest river in Peninsular Malaysia; ___ River sprat
      22. The amount of fish that you have provided