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Moonfish

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opahnounAny of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
horseheadnounThe head of a horse.
horsefishnounAny of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae.
dollarfishnounAn American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).
atlantic moonfishnounany of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
lampris regiusnounlarge elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of atlantic and pacific and mediterranean
selene setapinnisSelene setapinnis, the Atlantic moonfish, is a West Atlantic fish belonging to the family Carangidae.

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opahnounAny of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
dollarfishnounAn American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).
horsefishnounAny of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae.
horseheadnounThe head of a horse.
atlantic moonfishnounany of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
lampris regiusnounlarge elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of atlantic and pacific and mediterranean
selene setapinnisSelene setapinnis, the Atlantic moonfish, is a West Atlantic fish belonging to the family Carangidae.
sunfishnounAny of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
boxfishnounAny of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
roundfishnounAny fish that is not a flatfish.
tilefishnounAny of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
shorefishnounAny of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters
filefishnounAny fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
wormfishnounAny of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.
finfishnoun(informal) Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
batfishnounAny of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
bottomfishnounAny fish that lives on or near the seabed
weatherfishnounA loach of the genus Misgurnus
footballfishnounAny of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae.
crestfishnounAny of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.

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