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Definition of Pomacanthus
1. Noun. Angelfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Chaetodontidae, Family Chaetodontidae
Member holonyms: Angelfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomacanthus
Literary usage of Pomacanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"Pomacanthus, In which the form is more elevated, a circumstance resulting from
the more sudden rise of the edge of the dorsal. The only species known are ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The young of Pomacanthus are blackish, crossed by many curved yellow cross-bands,
which disappear entirely with age. Three species v FIG. 341. ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The young of Pomacanthus are blackish, crossed by many curved yellow cross-bands,
which disappear entirely with age. Three species • / i FIG. 510. ..."
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