ribbonfish

[ rib-uhn-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) rib·bon·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rib·bon·fish·es.

1. any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
2. any of several related fishes, as the oarfish.
3. any of several unrelated but similar fishes, as the cutlassfish and jackknife-fish.

ribbonfish

/ ˈrɪbənˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp Regalecus glesne (see oarfish ), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes

Word History and Origins

Origin of ribbonfish¹

First recorded in 1785–95; ribbon + fish