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angel-fish
A fish of the Squalidæ or Shark family, found on the British coasts, having also an affinity to the Rays. It receives this name from the wing-like expansion of its pectoral fins; also called Monk-fish, Fiddle-fish, and Shark-ray. Also applied to various other fish, such as Pterophyllum scalare and some species of the family Chætodontidæ or Ephippidæ (mainly those in N. and Central American Atlantic waters).
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §3. 133 Of fish..Viviparous..5. Scate, Angel-fish. 1784Andre in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 274 Slender flexible teeth in the chætodontes, or angel-fishes. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. 213 Of fish not eaten, the sword-fish..and the angel-fish, are the most remarkable among large species. 1873T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 24 Chaetodontidae..angel-fish (Berm.) West Indies; occasional northwards. Ibid. 29 Ephippidae..Moon-fish; angel-fish (South Carolina). 1888Goode Amer. Fishes xviii. 146 The Moon-fish, Chætodipterus faber, is..abundant... In the northern parts of Mexico it is called ‘Spade-fish’; from Florida to Charleston the Angel-fish. 1905D. S. Jordan Stud. Fishes II. xxiii. 404 The angel-fish or isabelita (Holacanthus ciliaris), orange-red, sky-blue, and golden, as though gaudily painted, is the best known species [of the family Chætodontidæ]. 1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes ii. 16 The beautiful Angel-fish (Pterophyllum) of the rivers of South America, a familiar object in aquaria, has a very much compressed and almost circular body. 1962Listener 22 Nov. 852/2 My black-and-silver lace angel fish was a most appealing wide-eyed beauty. |