mudfish

[ muhd-fish ]

/ ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /

any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.

Origin of mudfish

First recorded in 1495–1505; mud + fish

muddler, muddy, muddy the waters, mudeye, mudfat, mudfish, mudflow, mudguard, mudhole, mudir, mudlark

The mudfish would have seemed then a poor refugee from the too crowded and aggressive life of the sea.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells
The Queensland mudfish is an antiquity, and there has not been much change in its lineage for millions of years.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) |J. Arthur Thomson
The Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 |Various
Their roots were five or six feet high, and mudfish splashed in the holes beneath.

Wyndham's Pal |Harold Bindloss

mudfish

/ (ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ) /

any of various fishes, such as the bowfin and cichlids, that live at or frequent the muddy bottoms of rivers, lakes, etc