Home › Words › A › angelfishangelfishangelfish means any of the genus Pterophyllum of freshwater, tropical cichlids.EtymologyFrom angel + fish; so called for its wing-like pectoral fins.nounAny of the genus Pterophyllum of freshwater, tropical cichlids.Any marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama).Angelshark, of the family Squatinidae.Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).cave angelfish, a karst-dwelling member of the family Balitoridae, found only in Thailand.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cichlid 68% match — Any of many tropical fish, of the family Cichlidae, popular as aquarium fish. vs angelfish →corydoras 61% match — Any of the genus Corydoras of small freshwater tropical catfish often kept in aquariums. vs angelfish →austrotilapiine 61% match — Any of a certain genus of African cichlid vs angelfish →batfish 59% match — Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae vs angelfish →apistogrammine 58% match — Any cichlid of the genus Apistogramma vs angelfish →ctenocheyid 58% match — Any fish of the genus Ctenochaetus vs angelfish →aplocheilid 58% match — Any killifish in the family Aplocheilidae. vs angelfish →chromidotilapiine 57% match — Any cichlid of the tribe Chromidotilapiini vs angelfish →