crestfish
nounEtymology From crest + fish, because of the crest (part of the dorsal fin) that emerges from the snout and head.
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Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
- Family Lophotidae — Crestfishes1956, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences:
- Nothing is known about crestfish ages, spawning habits, or migrations, but a larval specimen less than an inch long was cast ashore at La jolla in December, 1905.1968, John E. Fitch, Deep-water Teleostean Fishes of California, page 87:
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- This mode of swimming is usually used for slow swimming among fishes, e.g. scabbard and crestfish (Lindsey, 1979).2014, Maki K. Habib, Handbook of Research on Advancements in Robotics and Mechatronics:
- Synonyms
- unicorn fish, unicornfish
- Derived terms
- North Pacific crestfish, unicorn crestfish