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Definition of Capros aper
1. Noun. Fish with a projecting snout.
Group relationships: Capros, Genus Capros
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capros Aper
Literary usage of Capros aper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"1868.1 - Boar-fish \capros aper] at Torquay. Zoologist, 1879, 3. ser. 3, 269.
... 1860.1 - Boar-fish (capros aper] on the Dorsetshire coast. ..."
2. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"A SPECIMEN of the capros aper of authors having been taken in Mount's Bay, in
October 1825, and a notice of the occurrence forwarded to the Zoological ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Soc. Trans.' iii. 1827. 4. 'Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Geology of
Cornwall (18:30), ibid. iv. 1832. 5. 'Note on capros aper ..."
4. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1884)
"capros aper (Cur.). Boar-fish. Has not been previously recorded as occurring in
Norfolk. Mr. A. Patterson of Yarmouth (July 9th, 1881) found a specimen on a ..."