Category:Tilefish

Tile"fish`, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: a large, edible, deep-water food fish (lopholatilus Chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, Yellow spots.

Note: it was discovered off the eastern coast of the united states in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become Extinct in 1882.