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Definition of Scorpaenidae
1. Noun. Scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Member holonyms: Scorpaenid, Scorpaenid Fish, Genus Scorpaena, Scorpaena, Genus Pterois, Pterois, Genus Synanceja, Synanceja, Genus Sebastodes, Sebastodes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorpaenidae
Literary usage of Scorpaenidae
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)
"... recorded from the Miocene and Oligocene, seems to be the earliest genus.
The Scorpion-fishes: Scorpaenidae. — The vast family of Scor- ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... recorded from the Miocene and Oligocene, seems to be the earliest genus.
The Scorpion-fishes: Scorpaenidae. ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... [Scorpaenidae]. ... [Scorpaenidae]. contorta. Jenkins. ... [Scorpaenidae].
kelloggi. Jenkins. 201. ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"These as a group (Scorpaenidae) were compared with the Hexagrammidae. From the
Cottidae these two families are well separated ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"In the review of the Scorpaenidae 52 species are described as Japanese, ...
In these fishes as in the Scorpaenidae, of which the Cottidae are the Arctic ..."
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