💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Surgeonfish"
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| surgeonnoun | One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. |
| bonefishnoun | Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters. |
| acanthuroidnoun | Any surgeonfish (or related fish) of the suborder Acanthuroidei |
| acanthuridnoun | (ichthyology) Any fish in the family Acanthuridae of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. |
| triggerfishnoun | Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin. |
| yellowfinnoun | especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae) |
| manininoun | Acanthurus triostegus, a species of surgeonfish. |
| blue tangnoun | Any of various surgeonfishes, including Acanthurus coeruleus, Acanthurus leucosternon, and Paracanthurus spp. |
| boxfishnoun | Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. |
| lionfishnoun | Any of various ray-finned fishes of the tribe Pteroini (especially of the genus Pterois) in the family Scorpaenidae. |
| acanthuriformnoun | Any fish of the order Acanthuriformes |
| stingfishnoun | Any of several species of scorpionfish |
| scorpionfishnoun | Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. |
| cutlassfishnoun | A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance. |
| footballfishnoun | Any of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae. |
| spikefishnoun | Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. |
| hogfishnoun | Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean. |
| archerfishnoun | Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (usually with sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths. |
| batfishnoun | Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. |
| assfishnoun | Any of several types of fish: |
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