[sohl-jer-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae. |
| 2. | any of various other brightly colored fishes. |
| a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces. |
| soldier-fish | |
noun | |
| the larger squirrelfishes [syn: soldierfish] |