Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun driftfish

2 senses of driftfish

Sense 1
driftfish -- (larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico)
       => butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid -- (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)

Sense 2
driftfish -- (small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide)
       => butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid -- (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)