filefish
IPA: fˈaɪɫfɪʃ
noun
- Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
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Examples of "filefish" in Sentences
- It also commonly goes by the name of Orange filefish.
- The young filefish are pelagic; that is, they frequent open water.
- Juvenile filefish are at risk from predation by tuna and dolphinfish.
- Filefish are closely related to the triggerfish, pufferfish and trunkfish.
- Although scaled, some filefish have such small scales as to appear scaleless.
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