batfish

noun (plural same or batfishes)

• 1a fish of tropical and temperate seas with a flattened body that is round or almost triangular when viewed from above.

  • Family Ogcocephalidae: several genera and species

• 2a deep-bodied, laterally compressed marine fish of the Indo-Pacific region, resembling an angelfish.

  • Genus Platax, family Ephippidae: several species