Main Entry: an·gel·fish

Pronunciation: \ˈān-jəl-ˌfish\

Function: noun

Date: 1668

1 : any of several laterally compressed brightly colored bony fishes (family Pomacanthidae) of warm seas
2 : a black and silver laterally compressed South American cichlid fish (Pterophyllum scalare) popular in aquariums —called also scalare