Meaning of crestfish | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.

Examples

“Family Lophotidae — Crestfishes”

“Nothing is known about crestfish ages, spawning habits, or migrations, but a larval specimen less than an inch long was cast ashore at La jolla in December, 1905.”

“This mode of swimming is usually used for slow swimming among fishes, e.g. scabbard and crestfish (Lindsey, 1979).”

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