What is the meaning of Butterfish?

Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially

  1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
  2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
  3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
  4. The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis , .

Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.

A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.

The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.

The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis , .

A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

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