NOUN | animal | dollarfish, Poronotus triacanthus | small food fish of Atlantic coast |
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animal | dollarfish, moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, Selene setapinnis | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
Meaning | small food fish of Atlantic coast. | |
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Synonym | Poronotus triacanthus | |
Member of | Poronotus, genus Poronotus | A genus of Stromateidae |
Broader | butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid | small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines |
Meaning | Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies. | |
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Synonyms | moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, Selene setapinnis | |
Narrower | lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer | Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead |
Broader | carangid fish, carangid | A percoid fish of the family Carangidae |
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