Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   (c) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
       freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to
       {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and allied genera; as the
       redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner
       ({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United
       States; also loosely applied to various other silvery
       fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden,
       moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
   (d) (Zo["o]l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.

   {Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zo["o]l.), the silver moonfish.

Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A small North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus}, or
   {Notropis megalops}). The male, in the breeding season, has
   bright red fins. Called also {red dace}, and {shiner}.
   Applied also to {Notropis ardens}, of the Mississippi valley.