moonfish noun6 •Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families. •Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area; •A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae). •Any member of most species of the genera Selene and Paraselene (family Carangidae). •Any member of the genus Lampris of opahs (family Lamprididae); •Any member of the species Mola mola (common mola or ocean sunfish; family Molidae). formsmoonfishes