silverside

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

silverside
    n 1: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side;
         abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
         [syn: {silversides}, {silverside}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
   {Atherinidae}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
   body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia
   notata}) is very abundant. Called also {silverside}, {sand
   smelt}, {friar}, {tailor}, and {tinker}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Brook silversides} (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
      American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
      marine silversides.
      [1913 Webster]