Definition of Acanthocybium

1. Noun. Wahoos.

Exact synonyms: Genus Acanthocybium
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Scombridae, Scombridae
Member holonyms: Acanthocybium Solandri, Wahoo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthocybium

Acadia
Acadia National Park
Acadian
Acadians
Acalypha
Acalypha virginica
Acanthaceae
Acanthia lectularia
Acanthisitta
Acanthisitta chloris
Acanthisittidae
Acanthocereus
Acanthocereus pentagonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocheilonema
Acanthocybium
Acanthocybium solandri
Acanthophis
Acanthophis antarcticus
Acanthoscelides
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Acanthuridae
Acanthurus
Acanthurus chirurgus
Acanthus mollis
Acapulco
Acapulco de Juarez
Acapulco gold
Acaridae
Acarnanian

Literary usage of Acanthocybium

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

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"acanthocybium solandri is the species found in Hawaii and Japan. The American acanthocybium petus, occasionally also taken in the Mediterranean, ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... sides with darker yellowish spots; no black blotch" on spinous dorsal anteriorly. GENUS acanthocybium GILL The Petos This genus differs from the other ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1912)
"Abundant in the Havana market; and much prized. 31. acanthocybium solandri (Cur. <i Vol.). Seen once in the Havana market on February 22; two or three large ..."

4. A Naturalist on Desert Islands by Percy Roycroft Lowe (1911)
"And now there was waiting upon these banks the sporting and matchless queen-fish (acanthocybium solandri) with which to try conclusions. ..."

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