ˌsōləˈnikthēˌēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from solen- + Greek ichthyes, plural of ichthys fish — more at ichthus
: a small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes (as the bellows fishes, shrimpfishes, and cornetfishes) that are of varied and sometimes bizarre form but all have the small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout — compare thoracostei