NEEDLEFISH
pipefish, needlefish
(noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
needlefish, gar, billfish
(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
needlefish (plural needlefish or needlefishes)
Slender fish, in the family Belonidae, usually found in shallow marine habitats.
Source: Wiktionary
Nee"dle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
(a) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); --
called also earl, and tanglefish.
(b) The garfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition