any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
clingfish in American English
(ˈklɪŋˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈclingˌfish or ˈclingˌfishes
any of an order (Gobiesociformes) of small, marine bony fishes having a sucking disc on the ventral surface near the head, with which they cling to rocks, etc.