Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A carangoid fish ({Caranx gallus}, or {C. crinitus}) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
threadfish n : fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins [syn: {thread-fish}, {Alectis ciliaris}]