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Definition of Embiotocidae
1. Noun. Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Surf Fish, Surffish, Surfperch, Genus Hipsurus, Hipsurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embiotocidae
Literary usage of Embiotocidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"At about the same time, Dr. AC Jackson, of San Diego, called the attention of
Professor Agassiz to the group of viviparous surf fishes (Embiotocidae) which ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... M. A review of the Japanese species of surf-ashes or Embiotocidae. Washington,
DC, Smithsonian Inst., Nation. Mus. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"... are modified into a mill-like structure, which is least specialized in the
Embiotocidae, and most so in the ..."
4. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"... mechanism of the vertical fins of the Viviparous Embiotocidae, by John A.
Ryder; pp. 95-99. Catalogue of the crustaceans in the museum of the Academy of ..."
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