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

2 senses of ribbonfish

Sense 1
oarfish, king of the herring, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne -- (thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin)
       => soft-finned fish, malacopterygian -- (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Sense 2
ribbonfish -- (marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body)
       => soft-finned fish, malacopterygian -- (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)