angelfish

Meaning

1. Any of the genus Pterophyllum of freshwater, tropical cichlids.
2. Any marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
3. (South-Africa) Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama).
4. Angelshark, of the family Squatinidae.
5. Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
6. cave angelfish, a karst-dwelling member of the family Balitoridae, found only in Thailand.

Synonyms

angel

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spadefish

angel shark

monkfish

Squatina squatina

moonfish

Chaetodipterus faber

butterfly fish

Atlantic spade

Atlantic spadefish

French angel

French angelfish

angel fiddle fish

angel puffy fish

angel ray

angelshark

bigscale pomfret

blue angelfish

common pomfret

escat jueu

fiddle fish

golden angelfish

Atlantic pomfret

Ray’s bream

black sea bream

queen angelfish

scalare

lestia

ocean cobbler

paoua

pot cover

queen angel

threebanded sheephead

threetailed porgy

yellow angelfish

jackass

monk

angel fish

leather coat

white angel

pomfret

tripletail

Translations

squatine

Skalar

angelote

squatina

squadro

poisson-ange

Kaiserfisch

squatiniformes

squatina squatina

scalaire

angelo

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ange de mer commun

pesce angelo

demoiselle royale

Etymology

From angel + fish; so called for its wing-like pectoral fins.