bonefish

Meaning

1. Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
2. Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
3. A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
4. (New-England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

Synonyms

ox-eye herring

giant herring

Albula vulpes

ladyfish

bananafish

tarpon

Hamilton’s anchovy

Indo-pacific bonefish

Indo-pacific tarpon

bastard mullet

bony bream

bonyfish

broussonet tarpon

wolf herring

lady fish

long cudja

long john

long-finned eel

mariggle

oxeye tarpon

riverfish

round jaw

roundjaw bonefish

banana

🍌

tenny

fiddler

oxeye

banana fish

john

milkfish

Translations

banane de mer

albula

Albula vulpes

Elops saurus

Megalops cyprinoides

gratenvis

Ubarana focinho de rato

Ubarana-focinho-de-rato

Etymology

From bone + fish.