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buffalo fish † 
a species of sucker, Catostomidae, resembling a carp and having a humped back.
See also: buffalo ((v.)) (def. 5)
- 1810 There was no salmon in this bay, but there are pike, maskonangee and buffaloe fish, which will weigh from five to thirty pounds.
- 1960 Buffalo fish, native of some waters of the western plains, have a very long dorsal fin with many rays. . . .
- 1810 There was no salmon in this bay, but there are pike, maskonangee and buffaloe fish, which will weigh from five to thirty pounds.