Home › Words › S › squirefishsquirefishsquirefish means chrysophrys auratus, the Australasian snapper, an edible porgy found in the coastal waters of Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.EtymologyFrom squire + fish.nounChrysophrys auratus, the Australasian snapper, an edible porgy found in the coastal waters of Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.prowfish 58% match — A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific. vs squirefish →dourada 58% match — gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) vs squirefish →sargo 58% match — Diplodus sargus, a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans. vs squirefish →queenfish 57% match — A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth. vs squirefish →swallowfish 57% match — A tub gurnard or sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna). vs squirefish →chubhead 56% match — Rhomboplites aurorubens (vermillion snapper) vs squirefish →treefish 55% match — Sebastes serriceps, a marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, with large spines on top of its head. vs squirefish →sawtail 55% match — A sawtail grouper (Mycteroperca prionura) vs squirefish →