Cryptic crossword clue
Swimming sea coral — not a fish 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ESCOLAR

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The straight part
We know that "fish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fish = escolar.
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What does ESCOLAR mean?

ESCOLAR noun
  1. Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, one of the snake mackerels.
  2. Any fish of species Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish.
  3. Any of several other perciform fish of the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels).

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