squirrelfish

Definitions of squirrelfish

1. noun

   similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
   synonyms: Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, sailor's-choice

   type of:

   sparid, sparid fish

   spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
2. noun

   very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
   types:

   Holocentrus coruscus, reef squirrelfish

   on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America

   Holocentrus bullisi, deepwater squirrelfish

   a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico

   Holocentrus ascensionis

   bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda

   soldier-fish, soldierfish

   the larger squirrelfishes

   type of:

   acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

   a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays