moonfish

[ moon-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) moon·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) moon·fish·es.

1. Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
2. the opah.
3. any of various other rounded, silvery fishes.

moonfish

/ ˈmuːnˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of several deep-bodied silvery carangid fishes, occurring in warm and tropical American coastal waters
2. any of various other round silvery fishes, such as the Indo-Pacific Monodactylus argenteus
3. another name for opah

Word History and Origins

Origin of moonfish¹

First recorded in 1640–50; moon + fish