butterfish
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editbutterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)
- Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
- Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
- A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
- The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
- (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis [1], [2].
- (informal) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
Translations
editfish of the family Stromateidae
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Pholis gunnellus
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Maccullochella macquariensis — see trout cod
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