Sŭn’fish, n.

n. (Ichth.) (a.) A large, soft-finned plectognathous sea-fish of the genus Orthagoriscus, supposed to be so named from its nearly circular form and shining surface. These fishes look more like the dissevered head of a fish than the entire animal. (b.) A small, fresh-water fish of the perch family; Pomotis vulgaris. [U. S.] Storer. (c.) A species of shark; Selachus maximus; the basking shark.