rabbitfish

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From rabbit +‎ fish, from its mouth shape.

Noun

rabbitfish (plural rabbitfish or rabbitfishes)

  1. Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
  2. Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

Derived terms

  • small-eyed rabbitfish
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