moonfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
moon + fish, from the silvery colour, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
Noun[edit]
moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)
- Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
- Family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes)
- Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific
- Most species of genus Selene
- Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
- Family Molidae (ocean sunfish)
- The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
- The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
- The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)
Synonyms[edit]
- (Brosme brosme): brismak, brosmius, torsk, tusk
- (Xiphophorus maculatus): common platy
Translations[edit]
any of various flat, oval marine fish species