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sargassumfish

American  
[sahr-gas-uhm-fish] / sɑrˈgæs əmˌfɪʃ /

noun

sargassumfishes plural

  1. an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum.

Etymology

Origin of sargassumfish

First recorded in 1900–05; sargassum + fish

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