Home › Words › C › coralfishcoralfishcoralfish · noun — certain fish of the butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae spp.).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom coral + fish.nounCertain fish of the butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae spp.).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.butterflyfish 79% match — Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length. vs coralfish →chaetodon 77% match — butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon) vs coralfish →chaetodontid 69% match — Any fish in the family Chaetodontidae. vs coralfish →chaetodont 63% match — A chaetodontid. vs coralfish →callorhinchid 63% match — Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae. vs coralfish →callanthiid 63% match — Any fish in the family Callanthiidae. vs coralfish →damselfish 62% match — Most fish in the Pomacentridae family. vs coralfish →chinafish 61% match — Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes vs coralfish →