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Ladyfish

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tenpoundernounThe ladyfish (Elops saurus).
elops saurusThe ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.

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tenpoundernounThe ladyfish (Elops saurus).
elops saurusThe ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.
silverfishnounA small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
crestfishnounAny of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
witfishnoun(obsolete) The ladyfish.
soapfishnounAny of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus
hawkfishnounAny of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
snailfishnounAny member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.
flagfishnoun(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
moonfishnounAny of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
frogfishnounAny of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
doncellanounA ladyfish (Bodianus rufus) of the same region.
elopidnoun(zoology) A member of the family Elopidae of ray-finned fishes (ladyfishes or tenpounders).
footballfishnounAny of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae.
weatherfishnounA loach of the genus Misgurnus
fishlousenounAlternative form of fish louse. [Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills]
shorefishnounAny of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters
goosefishnounAny anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.
bluefishnounA voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
hogfishnounLachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.

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