Devilfish or devil fish may refer to:

Marine creatures

* Devil fish (''Mobula mobular''), a species of eagle ray * Devilfish, a name given to the

manta ray Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus ''Mobula'' (formerly its own genus ''Manta''). The larger species, '' M. birostris'', reaches in width, while the smaller, '' M. alfredi'', reaches . Both have triangular Pectoral fin#AnchPect ...

(''Manta birostris'') * Devilfish, the venomous fish '' Inimicus didactylus'' * Devilfish, an alternative and possibly obsolete name for the

octopus An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...

Gray whale The gray whale (''Eschrichtius robustus''), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693. gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, or California gray whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and bree ...

s (''Eschrichtius robustus''), called devil fish because of their self-defensive behavior when hunted * Devil fish, two Australian fishes: ** ''

Paraplesiops meleagris The southern blue devil (''Paraplesiops meleagris'') is a species of fish in the longfin family Plesiopidae endemic to southern Australia. It is a close relative of the eastern blue devil (''Paraplesiops bleekeri''), which lives in the coastal ...

'' (southern or western blue devil fish) ** ''

Paraplesiops bleekeri ''Paraplesiops bleekeri'', commonly known as the eastern blue devil, blue-tipped long-fin or Bleeker's blue devil fish, is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae. This colourful, secretive fish is endemic to Australia, where it is a protect ...

'' (eastern blue devil fish) * Devil Fish, purported

Jenny Haniver A Jenny Haniver is the carcass of a ray or a skate that has been modified by hand then dried, resulting in a mummified specimen intended to resemble a fanciful fictional creature, such as a demon or dragon. Name One suggestion for the origin of ...

cryptids * Devil Fish, octopus-like, carnivorous cryptid, supposedly seen and killed by Czech adventurer

Jan Eskymo Welzl Jan Welzl (15 August 1868, in Zábřeh, Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 19 September 1948, in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada) was a Czech of Moravian ethnicity who was a traveller, adventurer, hunter, gold-digger, Eskimo chief and Chief Justice on New ...

in 1906 * Devil fish, deep-sea fishes in the family

Ceratiidae Sea devils are the family of deep-sea anglerfish known as the Ceratiidae, from the Greek ''keras'', "horn", referring to the bioluminescent lure that projects from the fishes' forehead. They are among the most widespread of the anglerfishes, f ...

, usually colloquially referred to as "sea devils" * Devil fish, the deep-sea fish known as the

black seadevil Black seadevils are small, deepsea lophiiform fishes of the family Melanocetidae. The five known species (with only two given common names) are all within the genus ''Melanocetus''. They are found in tropical to temperate waters of the Atlantic, ...

* Devil fish, the Humboldt squid, also known as the "red devil" or "diablo rojo"

Freshwater creatures

* Devilfish, the

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...

(''Esox lucius'')

Other

* ''Devil Fish'' (video game), a maze arcade game * ''Devilfish'' (custom car), winner of the 1973 Ridler * USS ''Devilfish'' (SS-292), a ''Balao''-class submarine * ''Devilfish'', the name of the primary troop transport for the

Tau Empire The T'au Empire (alternatively and formerly spelled Tau) is a fictional alien empire and one of the playable armies in the setting of a miniature wargame ''Warhammer 40,000''. In the fictional setting of ''Warhammer 40,000'', the T'au Empire is a ...

in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 * A set of modifications to the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer * The Terminus typeB303 "Devilfish", a 2005 mecha in the anime series '' Eureka Seven'' * ''Devilfish'', the US video-release title given to the 1984 Italian film '' Monster Shark'' * Devilfish, the online persona of the webcomic character Marcy Wisniewski from ''PvP'' * Devilfish, the nickname of poker player Dave Ulliott

Marine creatures

Freshwater creatures

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