"crestfish" meaning in English

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          "text": "Family Lophotidae — Crestfishes",
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          "text": "Nothing is known about crestfish ages, spawning habits, or migrations, but a larval specimen less than an inch long was cast ashore at La jolla in December, 1905.",
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