Shoal vs School

[alrha]

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."

 

[Deanos]

Shoal

 

[DEEPWATER]

shoal — a swarm of fish, also known as a school

 

[DEEPWATER]

deanos ,too fast man

 

[inkblue]

i tHought shoaL was tHe jewisH terM :joke: :knockedou :p

 

[DEEPWATER]

i tHought shoaL was tHe jewisH terM :joke: :knockedou :p

I think you mean shofar ,lol toot toot :lol:

 

[DEEPWATER]

and not the one that drives you around ,lol

 

[alrha]

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.

 

[LiquidBlues]

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

 

[alrha]

interesting.
have you tried scaring the hell out of them on occasion to get them to school?

 

[LiquidBlues]

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

 

[alrha]

so hows about you buy that nurse shark from petland, that oughta give them a reason to school...

 

[masterswimmer]

I just thought it was some iliterate person who mispronounced school as shoal because they never finished 2nd grade. :scratchch

master.......of iliteracy