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Definition of Butterfly fish
1. Noun. Small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide.
Group relationships: Chaetodontidae, Family Chaetodontidae
Specialized synonyms: Chaetodon, Angelfish, Holocanthus Tricolor, Rock Beauty
Definition of Butterfly fish
1. Noun. any fish of the family Chaetodontidae. ¹
2. Noun. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums. ¹
3. Noun. butterfly cod (Pterois volitans) ¹
4. Noun. ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus) ¹
5. Noun. flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis) ¹
6. Noun. Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic. ¹
7. Noun. a chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora. ¹
8. Noun. any of several brightly colored fishes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Butterfly fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"butterfly fish, CHAETODON OCELLATUS. backbone, the fish being laid in a natural
position. The slightly heterocercal character of the tail is well defined. ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1810)
"... small fish that is hooked, than on any bait whatever. The skin is without
scales, wrinkled and mixed with small short spines. ¡ THE butterfly fish ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Butterfly-fish,;/, a New Zealand sea-fish, ... The New Zealand fish is so named
from these fins ; the European Butterfly-fish, Blennius ocd- laris, ..."
4. Log-book of a Fisherman and Zoologist by Frank Buckland (1883)
"Well might this fish be called a " butterfly fish." He is very like a butterfly;
... As the very opposite to the butterfly fish, commend me to the turtle. ..."
5. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"The butterfly fish is about six or seven inches long, and inhabits the Adriatic
Sea. In October it is not uncommon at Venice, where it is offered for sale ..."
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