# ricefish

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the family Adrianichthyidae of about 27 species of small ray-finned fish, many of which are found in Japanese rice paddies.
2. A freshwater fish of the southeastern United States, Chologaster cornuta

## Etymology
From rice + fish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ricefish