1A deep-bodied scaleless fish with a protuberant snout, which lives in the cooler seas of the southern hemisphere.
虻鲉科鱼
Family Congiopodidae: several genera and species
Example sentencesExamples
Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish.
Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for.
Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head.
Even when divers aren't feeding in the tanks, they will always have Pigfish lingering close by, ready to snap up anything that looks like food.
2usually with modifierAny of a number of other marine fishes, especially one that grunts.
石鲈
a wrasse or groper (genera Bodianus and Achoerodus, family Labridae) found around Australia and New Zealand.Compare with hogfish
a western Atlantic grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera, family Pomadasyidae).
Example sentencesExamples
Pigfish are members of the grunt family (Haenulidae) which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed.
Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together.
Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
Definition of pigfish in US English:
pigfish
nounˈpiɡˌfiSH
1A deep-bodied scaleless fish with a protuberant snout, living in the cooler seas of the southern hemisphere.
虻鲉科鱼
Family Congiopodidae: several genera and species
Example sentencesExamples
Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for.
Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head.
Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish.
Even when divers aren't feeding in the tanks, they will always have Pigfish lingering close by, ready to snap up anything that looks like food.
2usually with modifierAny of a number of other marine fishes, especially one that grunts.
石鲈
a western Atlantic grunt (Orthopristis chrysoptera, family Pomadasyidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Pigfish are members of the grunt family (Haenulidae) which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed.
Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together.
Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.