alligatorfish

See also: alligator fish

English

Alternative forms

• alligator fish

Etymology

From alligator +‎ fish.

Noun

alligatorfish (plural alligatorfishes or alligatorfish)

1. a bottom-dwelling marine fish of species Aspidophoroides monopterygius, family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic.

Synonyms

• (Aspidophoroides monoptergius): Aleutian alligator fish, Atlantic alligatorfish