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Definition of Etropus
1. Noun. A genus of Bothidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Bothidae, Family Bothidae
Member holonyms: Etropus Rimosus, Gray Flounder, Grey Flounder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etropus
Literary usage of Etropus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"1881, 304: type Etropus cro»»otn» 3. & G.) l-:.\c3 and color on the left side.
Body regularly oval, deep and f> impressed. Head small; mouth very small, ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... halibut tribe the mouth is large and the ventral fins symmetrical. The arctic
and subarctic species have the eyes and color on the FIG. 436.—Etropus ..."
3. Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh, William A. Wilcox (1900)
"Etropus ... coast of Lower California, and from several places in Florida.
Specimens before us are from Mayaguez, Palo Seco, and Arroyo, Porto Rico. Etropus ..."
4. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the ...by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1898)
"... States coast collected by Dr. Jordan and his associates are, in our opinion,
referable to Etropus ... Wu have little doubt of the identity of Etropus ..."
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