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filefish
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file·fish  (flfsh)
n. pl. filefish or file·fish·es
Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Balistidae, related to and resembling the triggerfishes, with a flat body and rough spiny scales.
filefish [ˈfaɪlˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical triggerfish, such as Alutera scripta, having a narrow compressed body and a very long dorsal spine
[referring to its file-like scales]
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Noun1.filefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spinefilefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
Balistidae, family Balistidae - triggerfishes
leatherfish, leatherjacket - any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
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14 Balistidae Balistes capriscus -- -- -- Monacanthidae Aluterus moreoceros -- -- -- Stephanolepis hispides -- -- -- Monacanthus spp.
Assessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina Bank, a ... by Harter, Stacey L.; Ribera, Marta M.; Shepard, Andrew N.; Reed, John K. / Fishery Bulletin
Both Sargassum and open-water collections were dominated by the families Monacanthidae (75% of S, 45% of OW), Carangidae (13%, 21%), and Exocoetidae (6%, 19%).
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