Spadefish

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(Zool.) An American market fish (Chætodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; - called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

Noun

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spadefish - deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, angelfish

angelfish, Chaetodipterus, Chaetodipterus faber, genus Chaetodipterus, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean