Erpetoichthys
noun
Er·pe·to·ich·thys
ˌərpəˌtōˈikthə̇s
: a genus of fishes (order Cladistia) that contains only the African reedfish and is often isolated from the related genus Polypterus in a monotypic family
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from herpet- + Greek ichthys fish