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English school A group of fishes, usually constituted of the same species, which tends to orient and move in the same direction. There are obligate and facultative schoolers. The latter can only be forced to stop schooling momentarily by considerable violence and will not maintain a state of random orientation. See aggregation. shoals
schooling
aggregation
French banc Agrégation proche de poissons qui nage dans un assemblage. bancs
formation de bancs
agrégation
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Portuguese cardume Agregação de peixes que nadam associados uns aos outros. cardumes
cardume
agregação
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