Roosterfish
noun, plural roosterfishes (especially collectively) roosterfish.
1.
a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
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