A fish with a wrinkled or crinkled appearance on its skin, resembling the texture of crape fabric.
Compound of crape (the fabric) and fish, describing a fish whose skin texture resembles the characteristic wrinkles of crape material.
This is a wonderfully descriptive common name—ichthyologists and fishermen used everyday objects like cloth to help people visualize how fish actually looked before photography!
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