Definition of Genus Centropristis

1. Noun. Sea basses.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centropristis

genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis (current term)
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia

Literary usage of Genus Centropristis

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

1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"They rarely reach over a foot in length, if ever. The largest specimen preserved at Philadelphia measures one foot. Genus CENTROPRISTIS. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Yellowish grey, with two or three darker cross-bands. This fish much resembles the genus Centropristis. Coast of Brazil (and of North America?). «. Adult. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Half-grown: skin. Jamaica. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. This fish has been placed in the genus Centropristis, but it is much nearer to ..."

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