butterfish

butterfish
(复同单,或 -fishes)
  1. any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin. another term for gunnel
    真鲳。 同 gunnel
  2. a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. another term for gunnel. an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquaria (several families, including Scatophagidae)
    温带和热带海域一种食用鱼(鲳科),尤指北美东部美洲鲳。同 gunnel。澳大利亚沿海(岩鱚科)珊瑚礁鱼,尤指可食的新西兰暗岩鱚,绿色骨头,食海藻热带鱼(数科,包括金钱鱼科)
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