ladyfish

Meaning

  1. A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
  2. Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
  3. Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.

Synonyms

Elops saurus

banana fish

Asian pompano

Hawaiian ladyfish

Hawaiian tarpon

Hawaiian tenpounder

Indo-pacific bonefish

Indo-pacific tarpon

big-eye giant herring

big-eye herring

bonyfish

buck-nosed trevally

golden permit

goldfin permit

giant herring

ten pounder

bananafish

round pompano

lady fish

long cudja

long dorsal fin pompano

long john

long-finned eel

mariggle

ninebone

ovate pompano

pompio

riverfish

round jaw

roundjaw bonefish

tempounder

tropical permit

Etymology

From lady + fish.

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