tilefish
nounEtymology From tile + fish.
1
Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
- The federal Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency advise women and children to avoid king mackerel, shark, swordfish and tilefish, and limit their consumption of some tuna.2008 January 30, Nick Fox, “Taking Worry Off the Plate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 May 2021:
- Synonyms
- blanquillo
- Derived terms
26 terms
atlantic goldeye tilefish, bankslope tilefish, Bermuda tilefish, bighead tilefish, blackline tilefish, chameleon sand tilefish, dusky tilefish, freckled tilefish, great northern tilefish, grey tilefish, gulf bareye tilefish, Hubbs' tilefish, ocean whitefish, pastel tilefish, purple sand tilefish, red tilefish, redback sand tilefish, reticulated tilefish, ribbed tilefish, sand tilefish, Starck's tilefish, stripetail tilefish, yellow tilefish, yellowbar tilefish, yellow-spotted tilefish, zebra tilefish