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The Yellow Sea has marked seasonal variations and supports both cold temperate species (eel-pout, cod, flatfish, Pacific herring) and warm water species (skates, gurnard, jewfish, small yellow croaker, spotted sardine, fleshy prawn, southern rough shrimp).
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The perch and the pike and the eel-pout always go to the bottom, and a bait on the surface is only taken by a shillisper, not very often then, and there are no shillispers in our river ....
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You catch an eel-pout or a roach of some sort and are as pleased as though you had met your own brother.
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You catch an eel-pout or a roach of some sort and are as pleased as though you had met your own brother.
The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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I galloped to the town and brought Masha books, newspapers, sweets, flowers; with Stepan I caught fish, wading for hours up to my neck in the cold water in the rain to catch eel-pout to vary our fare;
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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The fish makes a sudden, unexpected upward movement with its tail and the fishermen hear a loud splash ... they all put out their hands, but it is too late; they have seen the last of the eel-pout.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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The head of a big eel-pout, and behind it its long black body, nearly a yard long, appears on the surface of the water.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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The perch and the pike and the eel-pout always go to the bottom, and a bait on the surface is only taken by a shillisper, not very often then, and there are no shillispers in our river ....
The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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"A famous eel-pout," mutters Yefim, scratching under his shoulder-blades.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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"An eel-pout?" says the master, and his eyes begin to glisten.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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