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Definition of Luvarus imperialis
1. Noun. Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton.
Generic synonyms: Scombroid, Scombroid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Luvarus, Luvarus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luvarus Imperialis
Literary usage of Luvarus imperialis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"THE sole representative of this family—Luvarus imperialis— is one of those fishes
which are rarely seen and about the habits of which, consequently, ..."
2. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"Cambridge, 1902) 1902.2 — On the systematic position of Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1902, 7. ser. 10, 278- 281 1902.3 — A revision ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... is regarded by Alcock, the discoverer, as a result of degeneration, and the
family was Fio. v_> -. 396.—The Louvar, Luvarus imperialis ..."
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