filefish |
pufferfish |
As nouns the difference between filefish and pufferfish
is that
filefish is any fish of the family
, with very slender bodies while
pufferfish is any species of fish of the family tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
filefish |
firefish |
As nouns the difference between filefish and firefish
is that
filefish is any fish of the family
, with very slender bodies while
firefish is any of various fish of the genera
nemateleotris'', ''pterois'', and ''parapterois .
filefish |
tilefish |
As nouns the difference between filefish and tilefish
is that
filefish is any fish of the family
Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies while
tilefish is mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family
family: Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
slender |
filefish |
As an adjective slender
is thin; slim.
As a noun filefish is
any fish of the family
, with very slender bodies.
filefish |
foolfish |
As nouns the difference between filefish and foolfish
is that
filefish is any fish of the family
, with very slender bodies while
foolfish is filefish.
filefish |
boxfish |
As nouns the difference between filefish and boxfish
is that
filefish is any fish of the family
, with very slender bodies while
boxfish is any of the family ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.