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butterfish

/ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/ UK
/ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/ US

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From butter + fish.

noun butterfish · butterfishes · butter-fish

Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially Among the common species found in the Atlantic Ocean are bonga (a type of herring), tuna, butterfish, skate, grey mullet, and tarpon.
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.
obsolete The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
informal A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

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@misc{butterfish_2026,
  title = {butterfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butterfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}