ghostfish n 1: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth [syn: {wrymouth}, {ghostfish}, {Cryptacanthodes maculatus}]
Ghostfish \Ghost"fish`\, n. (Zool.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth. [1913 Webster]
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]