minnow

A small fresh-water fish the Leuciscus phoxinus. The term was used in contempt by Shakspeare and the elders.

Minnow
·noun Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. T...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
minnow
n. name sometimes given to a very smallfish of New Zealand, Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, family Gal...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris