bonefish

[ bohn-fish ]

/ ˈboʊnˌfɪʃ /

a marine game fish, Albula vulpes, found in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of numerous small, fine bones.

ladyfish.

Origin of bonefish

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; bone + fish

“No matter what you think you saw, that fish is a bonefish,” I declared, positively.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey
The lady-fish, or bonefish, is the only representative of the family Albulid.

Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others |James Alexander Henshall
It has become a settled conviction in my mind that you have to wait for bonefish.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey
As the wave came back, almost deep enough to float the bonefish, I scooped him up.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey

One of these bonefish experts at the camp told me that in all his years of experience he had never gotten a bonefish bite.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey

bonefish

/ (ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ) /

a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae

a similar related fish, Dixonina nemoptera, of the Pacific Ocean