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Definition of Cryptacanthodes
1. Noun. A genus of Stichaeidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Stichaeidae, Stichaeidae
Member holonyms: Cryptacanthodes Maculatus, Ghostfish, Wrymouth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptacanthodes
Literary usage of Cryptacanthodes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"L. 30 inches. Coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. (Bean.) (Bean, Proc. US Nat.
Mus. 1882 ) 428.—Cryptacanthodes Storer. Wry-mouths. (Storer, Rept. Fish. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... such an extent that they had been said to be absent is a mystery which he made
no attempt to explain. Cryptacanthodes was first named by Storer in 1839. ..."
3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... D., A., and C. joined. Body naked or scaly. Vertebrae many. Genera, 2; species 2.
Arctic, a. Body scaleless Cryptacanthodes, 218. 213. ..."
4. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Cryptacanthodes Storer. ... Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer. North Atlantic,
south to Cape Cod. ..."
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