tilefish

tile·fish

T0213900 (tīl′fĭsh′)n. pl. tilefish or tile·fish·es Any of various chiefly marine fishes of the family Malacanthidae, especially Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, a reddish-blue food fish of deep Atlantic waters, having a fleshy flap on the nape and small yellow spots on the upper sides and fins.

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[tile- (short for New Latin Lopholatilus, genus name : Greek lophos, crest, fin + New Latin latilus, diminutive of latus, a kind of perch, from Greek latos) + fish.]

tilefish

(ˈtaɪlˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) a large brightly coloured deep-sea percoid food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of warm and tropical seas, esp the North American coast of the Atlantic: family Branchiostegidae[C19: from New Latin -tilus, ending of genus name Lopholatilus; perhaps also from a resemblance between its colours and patterning and ornamental tiles]

tile•fish

(ˈtaɪlˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 1. a large, brilliantly colored food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of deep Atlantic waters, having a flap on the head. 2. any of several related fishes. [1880–85, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tilefish - important marine food fishes blanquillopercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesBranchiostegidae, family Branchiostegidae - small family of marine fishes having covered gills
	2.	tilefish - yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep watersLopholatilus chamaeleonticepspercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformesgenus Lopholatilus, Lopholatilus - large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters