Plural of fanfish; multiple species or individual fish characterized by fan-shaped fins or fan-like body structures.
From fanfish (fan + fish) plus the English plural -es, preserving the naturalhistory naming convention of combining visual descriptors with 'fish.'
Ichthyologists (fish scientists) love compound words like this because they immediately tell you something important about how the fish looks or behaves without needing technical Latin terms.
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