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Definition of pigfish in English: pigfishnounPlural pigfishes ˈpɪɡfɪʃˈpiɡˌfiSH 1A deep-bodied scaleless fish with a protuberant snout, which lives in the cooler seas of the southern hemisphere. Family Congiopodidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish.
- Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for.
- Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head.
- Even when divers aren't feeding in the tanks, they will always have Pigfish lingering close by, ready to snap up anything that looks like food.
2usually with modifier Any of a number of other marine fishes, especially one that grunts. a wrasse or groper (genera Bodianus and Achoerodus, family Labridae) found around Australia and New Zealand.Compare with hogfish a western Atlantic grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera, family Pomadasyidae). Example sentencesExamples - Pigfish are members of the grunt family (Haenulidae) which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed.
- Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together.
- Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
Definition of pigfish in US English: pigfishnounˈpiɡˌfiSH 1A deep-bodied scaleless fish with a protuberant snout, living in the cooler seas of the southern hemisphere. Family Congiopodidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for.
- Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head.
- Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish.
- Even when divers aren't feeding in the tanks, they will always have Pigfish lingering close by, ready to snap up anything that looks like food.
2usually with modifier Any of a number of other marine fishes, especially one that grunts. a western Atlantic grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera, family Pomadasyidae) Example sentencesExamples - Pigfish are members of the grunt family (Haenulidae) which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed.
- Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together.
- Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
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