leaffish
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Monocirrhus_polyacanthus_02.jpg.webp)
a leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus in Polycentridae)
![](Images/wiktionary/Leaf_ScorpionFish.jpg.webp)
a leaf scorpionfish
Alternative forms
- leaf fish
Etymology
leaf + fish
Noun
leaffish (plural leaffishes or leaffish)
- A small South American freshwater fish of the family Polycentridae.
- Asian leaffishes, of family Nandidae
- Taenianotus triacanthus, the leaf scorpionfish, of the family Scorpaenidae.
Derived terms
- Asian leaffish