crestfish

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From crest +‎ fish, because of the crest (part of the dorsal fin) that emerges from the snout and head.

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crestfish (plural crestfish or crestfishes)

  1. Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
    • 1956, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences:
      Family Lophotidae — Crestfishes
    • 1968, John E. Fitch, Deep-water Teleostean Fishes of California[1], page 87:
      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.
    • 2014, Maki K. Habib, Handbook of Research on Advancements in Robotics and Mechatronics[2]:
      This mode of swimming is usually used for slow swimming among fishes, e.g. scabbard and crestfish (Lindsey, 1979).

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