rabbitfish
English
editEtymology
editrabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.
Noun
editrabbitfish (plural rabbitfish or rabbitfishes)
- Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
- Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.