| 单词 | batfish | 
| 释义 | batfishn. 1.  ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > 			[noun]		 > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards) flying fish?c1510 sea-swallow1598 sea-kite1601 swallow-fish1601 sea-bat1611 swallow1668 sea-hawka1717 batfish1848 wing-fish1855 flying gurnard1882 1848    R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados  iii. v. 667  				Dactylopterus volitans... The Bat Fish. This fish, which is very common in the Mediterranean, is rare in the West Indies. 1898    D. S. Jordan  & B. W. Evermann Fishes N. & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 47)  ii. 2183  				Flying Robin; Bat-fish... Atlantic Ocean, on both coasts; very abundant on South Atlantic and Gulf coasts; a handsome and singular fish. 1905    T. Gill in  Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1904 509 in  U.S. Congress. Serial Set (58th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 430, Pt. 1) CVI  				Bat-fish is a designation for the common Dactylopterid of the Atlantic in Barbados.  b.  Any of various eagle rays; esp. (chiefly U.S.) the bat ray,  Myliobatis californica. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > 			[noun]		 > member of family Myliobatidae sea-hawk1655 sea-eagle1722 miller1836 eagle ray1841 batfish1850 myliobatid1859 eagle-skate1869 1850    F. P. Parlby Wanderings of Pilgrim II. lxiii. 380  				I purchased a saw-fish, a sting-ray, or bat-fish, a sea-porcupine, a halfmoon-fish, and some others. 1882    U.S. National Mus. Bull. 16 51  				M[yliobatis] californicus... California Sting Ray; Batfish... The wings anteriorly convex... San Francisco southward; very common on the Pacific coast. 1920    Univ. S. Calif. Bull. Jan. 12  				Myliobatus californicus (The Bat Fish). 1957    ‘J. Crompton’ Living Sea 134  				There are only about a dozen species [of Eagle Ray] of which the best known are: (1) The American Eagle Ray,..(2) The Californian Bat Fish, which is numerous in the mud flats off California, and (3) The Common Eagle Sea Ray.  2.   a.  Any of various fishes of the Indo-Pacific region with deep, laterally compressed bodies, often with vertically expanded fins, esp.		 (a) a reef fish of the genus  Platax (family  Ephippidae);		 (b) (originally Australian) the moonfish  Monodactylus argenteus (family  Monodactylidae), of mainly brackish waters (also more fully  silver batfish). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > 			[noun]		 > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > member of light horseman1827 batfish1851 sea-bat1880 angelfish1888 1851    T. C. Jerdon in  Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 16 133  				Platax... Both called by the same name which means bat fish. 1864    Reader 10 Dec. 745/1  				Mr. Moore also exhibited a stuffed specimen of the bat-fish, Platax vespertilio. 1882    J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales ii. 18  				Psettus argenteus, Linn. ‘Bat-fish’. 1905    D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. 401  				The best-known species is the tsuzume or batfish (Platax orbicularis). 1925    Austral. Encycl. I. 144/1  				The Silver Batfish (Monodactylus argenteus)..is common on Australian coasts, extending southward to Sydney. 1987    Queensland Naturalist 28 18  				During a visit to Fraser Island, on 27th April 1987, seven batfish (M. argenteus) were caught on a 3.0kg line. 2004    D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 312  				Most of the Philippines' 450 species of coral can be found here..along with hundreds of species of smaller reef fishes such as angelfish, batfish, surgeonfish and jacks.  b.  Chiefly New Zealand. A pomfret,  Pteraclis velifera (family  Bramidae), found from South Africa to New Zealand, having greatly expanded dorsal and anal fins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > 			[noun]		 > family Bramidae (pomfrets) > member of (pomfret) sea-bream1710 toothed gilthead1776 breamflat1836 Ray's bream1836 pomfret1890 batfish1927 1927    W. J. Phillipps Bibliogr. N.Z. Fishes 35  				Pteraclis velifera... Batfish. 1967    S. Natusch Animals N.Z. 221  				Family Pteraclidae is represented by the extraordinary batfish. 1981    N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 8 25/1  				Ray's bream (Brama brama) and the bat fish (Pteraclis velifera) have previously been recorded from New Zealand.  3.  Any of various anglerfishes of the family  Ogcocephalidae of tropical and temperate seas, which use their large arm-like pectoral and smaller pelvic fins for walking on the sea floor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > 			[noun]		 > member of family Ogcocephalidae (sea-bat) water bat1681 sea-bat1756 nose-fish1828 sea-unicorna1832 batfish1861 1861    T. Gill Catal. Fishes Eastern Coast N. Amer. 47  				Malthea vespertilio Cuv. ‘Bat Fish’. 1933    J. N. Gowanloch Fishes & Fishing Louisiana  ii. 292  				The Batfish..seems much more like a grotesque medieval fancy than an actual fish. 1996    M. Snyderman  & C. Wiseman Guide Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida 223/2  				Batfishes take advantage of their well-camouflaged bodies while manipulating their lure to gain the attention of a variety of small, curious fishes. 2004    Daily Mirror 		(Nexis)	 26 Jan. 22  				The blobfish is considered one of the world's ugliest creatures, along with the naked mole rat, the red-lipped batfish and the warthog. 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