driftfish

Noun driftfish has 2 senses

• driftfish(n = noun.animal) - larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico;
is a kind of butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
is a member of ariomma, genus ariomma

• driftfish(n = noun.animal) - small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide;
is a kind of butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
is a member of genus psenes, psenes