flagtail
English
Etymology
Noun
flagtail (plural flagtails)
- Any member of the genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil)
- dark-margin flagtail, dark-margined flagtail (Kuhlia marginata)
- fiveband flagtail, fivebar flagtail, five-bar flagtail (Kuhlia mugil)
- flagtailed terapon (Amniataba caudavittata)
- Hawaiian flagtail (Kuhlia sandvicensis)
- orange-finned flagtail (Kuhlia marginata)
- Rapanui flagtail (Kuhlia nutabunda)
- reticulated flagtail (Kuhlia sandvicensis)
- rock flagtail (Kuhlia rupestris)
- silver flagtail (Kuhlia munda)
- spotted flagtail (Kuhlia marginata)
- strange-tailed flagtail (Kuhlia xenura)
Adjective
flagtail (not comparable)
- Having a tail resembling a flag in some way, such as by colored stripes.
Derived terms
- flagtail blanquillo (Malacanthus brevirostris)
- flagtail catfish (Dianema urostriatum)
- flagtail cod (Cephalipholis urodeta)
- flagtail dartgoby (Ptereleotris uroditaenia)
- flagtail flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis)
- flagtail glassfish (Ambassis miops)
- flagtail grouper (Cephalipholis urodeta)
- flagtail grunter (Terapon theraps)
- flagtail panda corydoras (Hoplisoma oiapoquense)
- flagtail pipefish (Doryrhamphus negrosensis)
- flagtail prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis)
- flagtail rockcod, flagtail rock-cod (Cephalipholis urodeta)
- flagtail shrimpgoby, flagtail shrimp-goby (Amblyeleotris yanoi)
- flagtail surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus)
- flagtail swellshark (Cephaloscyllium signourum)
- flagtail tetra (Moenkhausia bonita)
- flagtail tilefish (Malacanthus brevirostris)
- flagtail triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum)
- flagtail trumpeter (Terapon theraps)
References
- “flagtail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
flagtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Kuhlia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Kuhlia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons