stromateid vs butterfish

stromateid and butterfish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stromateid	Yes	No	No	No
butterfish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, stromateid and butterfish are synonyms defined as:

stromateid and butterfish: small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines

Other synonyms of stromateid include stromateid fish.

stromateid (noun)	butterfish (noun)
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines	small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
	slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
	any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin