TILEFISH

[tile.fish] n [tile- modif. of NL Lopholatilus] (1881): any of various marine bony fishes (family Malacanthidae) used as food; esp: a large fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) of deep waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a fleshy appendage on the head and yellow spots on the upper body and some of its fins