ladyfish

English

A ladyfish (Elops)

Etymology

From lady +‎ fish.

Noun

ladyfish (plural ladyfishes or ladyfish)

1. A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
   • 2008 March 5, Norm Zeigler, “Seeking Florida Redfish, Catching Only Glimpses”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Eventually we yielded to the urge to catch something — anything — so we sought out a channel where we boated seatrout, ladyfish and one lizard fish.

2. Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
3. Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.

Synonyms

• (Elops saurus): tenpounder

References

• ladyfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elops saurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bodianus rufus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Albula vulpes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elops saurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bodianus rufus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Albula vulpes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Elops saurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bodianus rufus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Albula vulpes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons