Home › Words › B › bloodfinbloodfinbloodfin means aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.EtymologyFrom blood + fin.nounAphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flyfish 60% match — Sebastes ensifer (the name given in most sources,Sebastichthys rhodochloris, seems to be a synonym for this), a brightly-coloured scorpaenoid fish of California. vs bloodfin →woundfin 60% match — Plagopterus argentissimus, a slender, silvery minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States. vs bloodfin →davatchan 59% match — Salvelinus alpinus erythrinus, a subspecies of saibling native to Lake Baikal, Russia. vs bloodfin →payara 59% match — Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw. vs bloodfin →leaffish 59% match — A small South American freshwater fish of the family Polycentridae. vs bloodfin →bigfin 58% match — Used to describe various creatures with large fins. vs bloodfin →blackfin 58% match — bluefin tuna vs bloodfin →characid 58% match — Any fish in the family Characidae. vs bloodfin →