Butterfish

[bʌtәfiʃ]

Definition

(noun.) small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.

(noun.) any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin.

Checker: Melanie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

Typist: Murray