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Noun: tilefish  'tI(-u)l,fish
  1. Important marine food fishes
    - blanquillo
     
  2. Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
    - Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

Derived forms: tilefishes

Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: Branchiostegidae, family Branchiostegidae, genus Lopholatilus, Lopholatilus

Encyclopedia: Tilefish