moonfish

moonfish

English

Etymology

From moon +‎ fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.

Noun

moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes)

  1. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
    1. Any of species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
    2. A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
      Hyponym: common platy
    3. Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae).
    4. Any of genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae);
    5. Any of species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae).

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