Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American market fish ({Ch[ae]todipterus faber}) common on
the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish},
and {porgy}.
Chaetodipterus faber
n : deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic
coastal waters [syn: {spadefish}, {angelfish}]