The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spikefish \Spike"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Sailfish (a)
Wiktionary
n. The sailfish.
Wikipedia
The spikefishes (family Triacanthodidae) are ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. They live in deep waters, below , but above the continental shelves. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the west-central Pacific.
The spikefishes are quite variable in form, with some species having tubular snouts (greatly elongated in Halimochirurgus and Macrorhamphosodes), and others have spoon-like teeth for scraping the scales off other fishes. Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a maximum length of about .
Usage examples of "spikefish".
Kohler believed, as he had on first hearing of the discovery, that the divers had found the Spikefish, the World War II American submarine sunk in the 1960s for target practice.