sargassumfish

[ sahr-gas-uhm-fish ]

noun

, plural sar·gas·sum·fish·es, (especially collectively) sar·gas·sum·fish.

1. an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sargassumfish¹

First recorded in 1900–05; sargassum + fish