[shrimp-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates. |
| shrimp·fish (shrĭmp'fĭsh') n. pl. shrimpfish or shrimp·fish·es Any of various small, slender tropical marine fishes of the family Centriscidae, related to the sea horses and pipefish. |