1. Marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body
   "The ribbonfish's silvery scales glinted in the sunlight as it swam near the surface"
    
2. Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
   "ribbonfish sightings have likely inspired some sea serpent legends";
   - oarfish, king of the herring, Regalecus glesne

Derived forms: ribbonfishes

Type of: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

Part of: family Trachipteridae, genus Regalecus, Regalecus, Trachipteridae

Encyclopedia: Ribbonfish