What is "foxfish"

Foxfish \Fox"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

1. The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

2. The european dragonet. See Dragonet.

n. 1 The fox shark or sea fox. 2 The European dragonet.

The foxfish, Bodianus frenchii, is a species of wrasse native to the temperate marine waters in southwestern Western Australia to eastern South Australia, and from southern Queensland to eastern Tasmania, at depths between 10 and 40 m. A gap in the distribution of foxfish occurs through Victoria. Its length is up to 45 cm.