cryptacanthodes maculatus

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   eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth

   Synonymswrymouthghostfish

   Broaderblennioid fish

   Part ofCryptacanthodes

Questions about cryptacanthodes maculatus

What does cryptacanthodes maculatus mean?

cryptacanthodes maculatus means "eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth".

What is another word for cryptacanthodes maculatus?

Close synonyms include wrymouth, ghostfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cryptacanthodes maculatus a common word?

cryptacanthodes maculatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.