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What is the difference between a "Shoal" of fish and a "School" of fish?
It seems that most people call it a "school" as that is what most of us grew up with. But i always notice more professional articles calling it a "shoal."
 

alrha

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inkblue said:
i tHought shoaL was tHe jewisH terM :joke: :knockedou :p
or he meant shul (where we blow the shofar - again, not the guy that drives the car :lol: )

i already checked dictionary.com - there must be some difference though when one would be used over the other.
 

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heres what i heard from other reefers

when fishes school... its a defensive mechanism where they try to frighten larger fishes from attackin them...

when fishes from a shoal... they group up not for the defensive purpose

also schools usually have like a bully system and shoals don't

thats what i've read from RC when i was trying to figure out why my chromises don't school no more, don't know how accurate it is
 
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actually i was planning to buy a blue damsel and scare them but thats another issue to deal w/ when i get a goby or something

but it seems common when i was reading in RC.. after a while when a school isn't need or something... they don't school
 

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