Sunfish vs. Moonfish
Difference Between Sunfish and Moonfish
Sunfishnoun
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
Moonfishnoun
Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
Most moonfish are silvery (hence their name), others yellowish.Sunfishnoun
Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
Moonfishnoun
Family Monodactylidae (pl=es, pl=es)
Sunfishnoun
the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
Moonfishnoun
Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific
Sunfishnoun
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
Moonfishnoun
Most species of genus Selene
Sunfishnoun
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
Moonfishnoun
(Chaetodipterus faber)
Moonfishnoun
Family Molidae (ocean sunfish)
Moonfishnoun
The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
Moonfishnoun
The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
Moonfishnoun
The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)
Moonfishnoun
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Moonfishnoun
large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
