Frommoon +‎fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognatemaanvis.

moonfish (pluralmoonfishormoonfishes)

1. Any of various flat, ovalmarinefishspecies.
   1. The familyMonodactylidae (fingerfishes,silver angelfishes).
   2. Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of theIndo-Pacific area.
   3. Most species of the genusSelene.
   4. Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
   5. The familyMolidae (ocean sunfish).
   6. Theopahs in the familyLamprididae.
   7. Thecusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in theling familyLotidae, the only species in its genus.
   8. Thesouthern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).

• (Brosme brosme):brismak,brosmius,torsk,tusk
• (Xiphophorus maculatus):common platy

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