Definition of Priacanthidae

1. Noun. Small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas.

Exact synonyms: Family Priacanthidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Genus Priacanthus, Priacanthus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Priacanthidae

Presley
Presleyesque
Preslyterianism
Presocratic
Pressburg
Preston
Pretoria
Prett
Pretty Good Privacy
Pretty Polly
Preussen
Prevacid
Preveza
Prevost's squirrel
Prevost reaction
Priacanthidae (current term)
Priacanthus
Priacanthus arenatus
Priam
Price
Prichard
Pridnestrovie
Pridoli
Priestley
Prilep
Prilosec
Prima
Primat
Primates

Literary usage of Priacanthidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Lobotes pacificus is found about Panama. Lobotes erate, common in India, was taken by the writer at Misaki, Japan. The Bigeyes: Priacanthidae. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"... alba 108 Presidents of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 207 Priacanthidae ю Priacanthus ..."

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