Definition of spadefish in English:
spadefish
nounPlural spadefishesˈspeɪdfɪʃˈspādˌfiSH
A marine fish with an almost disc-shaped body. It lives in tropical inshore waters, where it often forms schools.
Chaetodipterus and other genera, family Ephippidae: several species, including the western Atlantic C. faber
Example sentencesExamples
- Atlantic spadefish, for example, which average 3 to 4 pounds, are plentiful for now and are relatively good to eat.
- At Blind Man Rock, a shoal of Atlantic spadefish streams back and forth in the shallows.
- A pair of spadefish and grey angelfish circled above the rays, waiting to pick up left-overs.
- By the time we reached the bottom the sharks had gone, but as we rounded a sharp corner we came upon a school of spadefish.
- As well as seeing many barracuda, we encountered a shoal of Atlantic spadefish and angelfish.