Definition of wormfish in English:
wormfish
nounPlural wormfishesˈwəːmfɪʃ
A small elongated or eel-like marine fish of warm shallow waters.
Microdesmus and other genera, family Microdesmidae
Example sentencesExamples
- The microdesmids, or wormfishes, are elongate gobioid fishes that live in shallow waters of tropical and subtropical seas.
- A nearby curious wormfish with stripe ablaze was not as sure.
- Since we started our tank in March of 1997, we've had many species of fish - tangs, damsels, blennies, gobies, wormfishes, and clowns to name a few.
- The dartfishes have been taxonomically mobile in recent years and some taxonomists now include them in the wormfish family.
- I was in a hurry and didn't get close enough to anything to get a decent shot, so the wormfish is about it for today.