threadfish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

threadfish
    n 1: fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal
         fins [syn: {threadfish}, {thread-fish}, {Alectis ciliaris}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the
   family {Polynemid[ae]}. They have several slender filaments,
   often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield
   isinglass of good quality. Called also {threadfish}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) The cutlass fish.
   (b) A carangoid fish ({Caranx gallus}, or {Caranx crinitus})
       having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
       prolonged in the form of long threads.
       [1913 Webster]

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