We have all heard of a school of fish. Collectives of marine animals remain together, but this is not the only way to refer to them. The fact is that in the English language, we have different collective names for marine animals. In today’s article, we are going to see some of them.
First, we will say that any group of fish that stays together for social reasons is shoaling. When they also swim coordinated in the same direction, they are a school of fish.
You don’t need to pay much attention to see that the members of a school of fish are similar in size, shape, and color. Fish prefer to group in this way because any member that stands out from the rest will attract more attention from potential predators. We cannot forget that one of the objectives of a school of fish is the protection of the group. In this way, they dilute the possibilities of an individual capture in the group. Other benefits of these groups of fish are the effectiveness in the search for food, the efficiency for mating, and even hydrodynamic competence in movement.
