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Moonfish vs Sunfish - What's the difference?

moonfish | sunfish |

As nouns the difference between sunfish and moonfish

is that sunfish is any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body while moonfish is any of various flat, oval marine fish species.

moonfish

English

(wikipedia moonfish)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
    • ''Most moonseeds are silvery (hence their name), others yellowish
  • # Family
  • # Genus
  • # Genus
  • # (Atlantic spadefish) ()
  • # Family Molidae ((ocean sunfish))
  • # The opahs in the family Lamprididae.

    • sunfish

    English

    (wikipedia sunfish)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
  • Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.