A deep-bodied laterally compressed tropical freshwater fish of the New World. It is able to fly short distances above the surface of the water by beating its broad pectoral fins.
胸斧鱼
Family Gasteropelecidae: three genera, in particular Gasteropelecus, and several species
Example sentencesExamples
A night dive here revealed night shrimp, hatchetfish, cardinalfish and a Spanish lobster.
Midwater species, such as lanternfishes, hatchetfishes and dragonfishes have rows of lights along the underside of the body, probably for mating and identification as well as foraging.
Sleeperfish and hatchetfish, which prefer the shade, hung out in small schools.
Resident giant grouper, turtles and schools of hatchetfish reside below the jetty.
The Common or Silver Hatchetfish is a deep bodied fish with a 'hatchet' type shape to it.
Definition of hatchetfish in US English:
hatchetfish
nounˈhaCHitˌfiSH
A deep-bodied laterally compressed tropical freshwater fish of the New World. It is able to fly short distances above the surface of the water by beating its broad pectoral fins.
胸斧鱼
Family Gasteropelecidae: three genera, in particular Gasteropelecus, and several species
Example sentencesExamples
A night dive here revealed night shrimp, hatchetfish, cardinalfish and a Spanish lobster.
The Common or Silver Hatchetfish is a deep bodied fish with a 'hatchet' type shape to it.
Sleeperfish and hatchetfish, which prefer the shade, hung out in small schools.
Resident giant grouper, turtles and schools of hatchetfish reside below the jetty.
Midwater species, such as lanternfishes, hatchetfishes and dragonfishes have rows of lights along the underside of the body, probably for mating and identification as well as foraging.