What does "rabbitfish" mean?

Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

What is a synonym for "rabbitfish"?

Common synonyms include: chimaera monstrosa, chimera, siganid, white spotted rabbitfish.

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Noun

1
Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
2
large European chimaera wordnet
3
Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.