əˈstīəˌnaks, aˈ- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Astyanax, young son of Hector and Andromache of Troy, from Latin, from Greek
: a genus of small brightly colored So. and Central American fishes (order Ostariophysi) including a silvery black-spotted species ( A. bimaculatus ) with orange-red fins and tail that is popular in the tropical aquarium