What is "kelpfish"

Kelpfish \Kelp"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small California food fish ( Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.

n. A perciform fish in the family (taxlink Chironemidae species noshow=1), native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.

A kelpfish is a member of the genus Chironemus of perciform fishes in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.