butterflyfish

noun

• 1any of a number of typically brightly colored or boldly marked fish of warm waters, in particular.

  • a reef-dwelling fish that is popular in marine aquariums (Chaetodon and other genera, family Chaetodontidae). a predatory marine fish that bears long venomous spines (genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae).

• 2a West African freshwater fish with large pectoral fins used in leaping out of the water and long fin rays used as stilts.

  • Pantodon buchholzi, the only member of the family Pantodontidae