butterfly fish

Noun

• Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
• Pantodon buchholzi (species), a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
• The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans (species)).
• The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus (species)).
• The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis (species)).
• Exocoetus volitans (species), a flying fish of the Atlantic.
• A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
• Any of several brightly colored fishes