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rabbitfish

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Wikispecies

Siganus guttatus (Golden rabbitfish or Orange-spotted spinefoot)
Chimaera monstrosa (Rabbit fish)

Etymology

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From rabbit +‎ fish, from its mouth shape.

Noun

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rabbitfish (plural rabbitfish or rabbitfishes)

  1. Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
  2. Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

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