snailfish

[ sneyl-fish ]

noun

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

1. any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.

snailfish

/ ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. another name for sea snail

Word History and Origins

Origin of snailfish¹

First recorded in 1830–40; snail + fish

Example Sentences

In addition to jellyfish, crustaceans and macroalgae were other important components of the diet of some species, while fish species such as the polar cod or snailfish played an important role for other species.

From Science Daily

It looks like a character from an animated film but the EVNautilus deep-sea exploration project found this real snailfish deep in the Pacific Ocean.

From BBC

The tadpole-shaped, translucent creature is a type of snailfish, and it’s probably the deepest fish anyone will ever find.

From Scientific American

A team of Australian and Japanese researchers has set the record for the deepest fish ever filmed, after observing a type of snailfish swimming more than five miles underwater.

From Washington Times

The species - a type of snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis - was was filmed by an autonomous "lander" dropped into the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan.

From BBC