From mer- + sister.
mersister (plural mersisters)
- (fantasy) The female sibling of a merperson.
2009, Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A. Robinson, The Disney Song Encyclopedia, The Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 40:In the 2008 Broadway version of The Little Mermaid, the song, by Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyric), was also performed by the mermaids (or mersisters).
2012, Robert E. Thornsberry, The Accidental Mermaid, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 206:Remember, these are the people who kidnapped us and were going to cut out mine[sic] and my mersisters' vocal cords!
2013, Catherine Hapka, Mermaids in the Backyard, Random House, →ISBN, page 75:Now that the mersisters were gone, that seemed more important than ever.