[stohn-fish] 
) -fish. | a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged. |
| stone·fish (stōn'fĭsh') n. pl. stonefish or stone·fish·es Any of several tropical scorpion fishes of the genus Synanceja, especially S. verrucosa, which resembles a small rock and ejects a deadly venom from spines on its dorsal fin. [From its resemblance to an encrusted stone.] |