moonfish

== English == === Etymology === From moon +‎ fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis. === Noun === moonfish (plural moonfish or moonfishes) Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: Any of species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area; A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae). Hyponym: common platy Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae). Any of genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae); Any of species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae). ==== Derived terms ==== African moonfish (Selene dorsalis) Atlantic moonfish (Selene setapinnis) Brown's Caribbean moonfish (Selene brownii) mariposa moonfish (Lampris guttatus) Mexican moonfish (Paraselene orstedii) ocean moonfish (Lampris guttatus) Pacific moonfish, Peruvian moonfish (Selene peruviana) razor moonfish (Mene maculata) sailfin moonfishs (Veliferidae spp.) silver moonfish (Neosilurus hyrtlii, Drepane punctata) southern moonfish (Lampris immaculatus) spotted moonfish (Lampris guttatus) ==== Translations ==== === See also === moonyfishes (Monodactylus spp.) === Further reading === “moonfish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. moonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia