Headfish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 179 anagrams from letters in headfish (adefhhis).
An Americanism dating back to 1835-45; head + fish
These, like the headfish (Mola mola) are protected by a leathery skin.
In the headfish it has shrunk into "a short and conical appendage to the brain."