ribbonfish

rib·bon·fish

R0229900 (rĭb′ən-fĭsh′)n. pl. ribbonfish or rib·bon·fish·es 1. Any of several marine fishes of the family Trachipteridae, having a long, narrow, compressed body.2. A cutlassfish.

ribbonfish

(ˈrɪbənˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp Regalecus glesne (see oarfish), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes

rib•bon•fish

(ˈrɪb ənˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. any of several marine fishes of the family Trachipteridae, with a long, compressed, ribbonlike body. [1785–95]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ribbonfish - thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal finking of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesnemalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiigenus Regalecus, Reglaecus - type genus of the Regalecidae
	2.	ribbonfish - marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike bodymalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiifamily Trachipteridae, Trachipteridae - ribbonfishesdealfish, Trachipterus arcticus - deep-sea ribbonfish