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Answer for the clue "Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters ", 9 letters:
spadefish

Word definitions for spadefish in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context zoology English) Any of several marine fish of the family ''(taxlink Ephippidae family noshow=1)'' 2 ''Polyodon spathula''

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters [syn: angelfish , Chaetodipterus faber ] [also: spadefishes (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.) An American market fish ( Ch[ae]todipterus faber ) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish , moonfish , and porgy .

Usage examples of spadefish.

Ben Adams watched the same scene played out for the Spadefish, the Archerfish, the Whale, the Barracuda, the Pargo, the Sturgeon and the Piranha.

Picuda, Redfish and Spadefish, on 8 September, east of Formosa, sank three or four merchant ships out of a single convoy.