noun
- plural of moonfish; various marine fish with a round, flattened body shape resembling the moon
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- The aquarium’s tropical exhibit featured several species of moonfishes.
- Marine biologists studied the migration patterns of moonfishes in the Pacific.
- Moonfishes are known for their distinctive circular body shape.
- Commercial fishermen occasionally catch moonfishes as bycatch.
- The deep-sea moonfishes displayed brilliant silver coloration.
- Researchers tagged moonfishes to track their movements through ocean currents.