| ANGLERFISHES | • anglerfishes n. Plural of anglerfish. • angler␣fishes n. Plural of angler fish. • ANGLERFISH n. a widemouthed voracious fish that attracts its prey by waving filaments attached to its head. |
| ARCHERFISHES | • archerfishes n. Plural of archerfish. • ARCHERFISH n. a kind of fish that shoots a jet of water to knock down insects. |
| BUTTERFISHES | • butterfishes n. Plural of butterfish. • BUTTERFISH n. a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus. |
| CANDLEFISHES | • candlefishes n. Plural of candlefish. • CANDLEFISH n. a marine fish, allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast, aka eulachon, so named because it is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. |
| CUTTLEFISHES | • cuttlefishes n. Plural of cuttlefish. • CUTTLEFISH n. any cephalopod mollusc of the genus Sepia. |
| DAMSELFISHES | • damselfishes n. Plural of damselfish. • DAMSELFISH n. a small brightly-coloured tropical fish. |
| DOLLARFISHES | • dollarfishes n. Plural of dollarfish. • DOLLARFISH n. any of various fishes that have a rounded compressed silvery body, esp. the moonfishes or the American butterfish. |
| DRAGONFISHES | • dragonfishes n. Plural of dragonfish. |
| GROUNDFISHES | • groundfishes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of groundfish. • GROUNDFISH n. a marine fish that is found at the bottom e.g. cod, haddock. |
| GUITARFISHES | • guitarfishes n. Plural of guitarfish. • GUITARFISH n. a kind of ray, somewhat guitar-like in shape. |
| MUTTONFISHES | • muttonfishes n. Plural of muttonfish. • MUTTONFISH n. a common food fish of the Western Atlantic. |
| NEEDLEFISHES | • needlefishes n. Plural of needlefish. • NEEDLEFISH n. the European great pipefish. |
| PADDLEFISHES | • paddlefishes n. Plural of paddlefish. • PADDLEFISH n. a member of the sturgeon family, aka spadefish. |
| PARROTFISHES | • parrotfishes n. Plural of parrotfish. • PARROTFISH n. a brightly coloured tropical fish, having parrot-like jaws. |
| PUFFERFISHES | • pufferfishes n. Plural of pufferfish. • PUFFERFISH n. a kind of fish, capable of inflating its body. |
| RABBITFISHES | • rabbitfishes n. Plural of rabbitfish. • RABBITFISH n. a type of herring, or other fish thought to resemble a rabbit. |
| RIBBONFISHES | • ribbonfishes n. Plural of ribbonfish. • RIBBONFISH n. a long slender fish, the oarfish. |
| SHEATHFISHES | • sheathfishes n. Plural of sheathfish. • SHEATHFISH n. a European siluroid fish allied to the catfishes, the largest freshwater fish of Europe, also SHEATFISH. |
| SILVERFISHES | • silverfishes n. Plural of silverfish. • SILVERFISH n. any of various silver-coloured fishes, esp. the tarpon. |
| SUCKERFISHES | • suckerfishes n. Plural of suckerfish. • SUCKERFISH n. the remora or any other fish with an adhesive disc, e.g. a lumpsucker. |