snake-fishn.
One or other of certain fishes (see quots.) having some resemblance to a snake.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Synodontidae
sangris1598
sea sparrow-hawk1743
snake-fish1796
lizard fish1882
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of genus Cepola (ribbon-fish)
shelp1553
swathe-fish1668
riband fish1751
serpent-fish1753
snake-fish1796
ribbonfish1798
red snakefish1823
red bandfish1828
band-fish1836
red ribbon fish1838
onion-fish1854
red ribbon1858
tape-fish1885
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > family Polypteriformes or genus Polypterus > member of
snake-fish1796
polypterid1890
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > genus or member of genus Ophidium
Ophidion1706
snake-fish1796
brotulid1895
cusk-eel1905
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xviii. 60 The snake-fish takes its name from its resemblance to that reptile: this is a black eel with a white belly.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 195 The red Bandfish, or Red Snakefish, cepola rubescens.
1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 68 Synodus Lacerta,..Snake-Fish.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 438 Snake~fishes. The typical genus Ophidium..has the pelvic fins replaced by a pair of barbel-like filaments.
1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. Nov. 985 The two Snake-Fishes (Polypterus senegalus) from the River Gambia.
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