filefish n 1: narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
Filefish \File"fish`\, n. (Zool.) Any plectognath fish of the genera {Monacanthus}, {Alutera}, {balistes}, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper. [1913 Webster]