finger fish

noun4

1. •
   Any small fish approximately the size of a finger.

   • Finger fish are very plentiful in this country. They are of the length of a man's finger, and lie in the bottom of the water about one or two feet deep. They are very good. — 1860
2. •
   A threadfin of the genus Polynemus.

   • Polynemus lineatus, the lineated finger-fish: appendages five, reaching to the anus; twelve brown longitudinal stripes on each side. — 1826
3. •
   Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
4. •
   A starfish.