Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snipefish \Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The bellows fish.
      (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ({Nemichthys
          scolopaceus}) with a slender beak.

Source : WordNet®

snipefish
     n : small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed
         body and a long snout with a toothless mouth [syn: {bellows
         fish}]
     [also: {snipefishes} (pl)]