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Definition of Poronotus triacanthus
1. Noun. Small food fish of Atlantic coast.
Exact synonyms: Dollarfish
Generic synonyms: Butterfish, Stromateid, Stromateid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Poronotus, Poronotus
Generic synonyms: Butterfish, Stromateid, Stromateid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Poronotus, Poronotus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poronotus Triacanthus
Literary usage of Poronotus triacanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Poronotus triacanthus. Harvest Fish. This is not a common species, and is met
with almost entirely during July IB- August. The writer has seen single ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"One (Poronotus triacanthus) is the butter-fish or dollar-fish of the coast oi
Massachusetts and New York, the harvest-fish of New Jersey, the dollar-fish of ..."
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