[speyd-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, esp. C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America. |
| spade·fish (spād'fĭsh') n. pl. spadefish or spade·fish·es Any of several marine food fishes of the family Ephippidae, especially Chaetodipterus faber, of the American Atlantic coastal waters, noted for its craving for shellfish. [From its shape.] |