tilefish

English

Etymology

From tile +‎ fish.

Noun

tilefish (plural tilefish or tilefishes)

1. Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
   • 2008 January 30, Nick Fox, “Taking Worry Off the Plate”, in New York Times‎:

     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.

Synonyms

• blanquillo

Derived terms

• atlantic goldeye tilefish
• bankslope tilefish
• Bermuda tilefish
• bighead tilefish
• blackline tilefish (Caulolatilus cyanops)
• chameleon sand tilefish
• dusky tilefish
• freckled tilefish
• great northern tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
• 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 (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• Starck's tilefish
• stripetail tilefish (Malacanthus brevirostris)
• yellow tilefish
• yellowbar tilefish
• yellow-spotted tilefish
• zebra tilefish

Further reading

• tilefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Malacanthidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Malacanthidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• filthies