cryptacanthodes maculatus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cryptacanthodes maculatus
    n 1: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical
         mouth [syn: {wrymouth}, {ghostfish}, {Cryptacanthodes
         maculatus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wrymouth \Wry"mouth`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes
   of the genus {Cryptacanthodes}, especially {Cryptacanthodes
   maculatus} of the American coast. A whitish variety is called
   {ghostfish}.
   [1913 Webster]