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| flying gunnard |
any of several mostly tropical marine fishes with colorful winglike pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the water for short distances. |
| gurnard |
any of a family of marine fishes having enlarged pectoral fins with which they can glide through the air for short distances; flying gurnard or butterfly fish. [2 definitions] |
| moray |
any of a variety of usu. large tropical eels lacking pectoral fins and having rounded, porelike gill openings. |
| mudskipper |
any of various goby fishes of Asia and Polynesia that are able to move about on land and have a modified pectoral fin that enables them to climb mangrove roots. |
| ray2 |
any of various fishes having cartilaginous skeletons, flattened bodies, large pectoral fins, and long narrow tails. |
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