noun
- plural of filefish; tropical marine fish with rough, sandpaper-like skin and a compressed body shape
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- The aquarium’s tropical exhibit featured several colorful filefishes.
- Filefishes use their rough skin as protection against predators.
- Marine biologists studied the feeding habits of various filefishes in the coral reef.
- The diver photographed a school of filefishes near the rocky outcrop.
- Filefishes are known for their ability to change color when threatened.
- The research team collected samples of different filefishes species.