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Definition of Genus Priacanthus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Priacanthidae.
Exact synonyms: Priacanthus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Priacanthidae, Priacanthidae
Member holonyms: Bigeye, Catalufa, Priacanthus Arenatus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Priacanthidae, Priacanthidae
Member holonyms: Bigeye, Catalufa, Priacanthus Arenatus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Priacanthus
Literary usage of Genus Priacanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"The genus Priacanthus contains fishes with a spine, occasionally serrated, in
the same situation ; but it has no enlarged teeth in its jaws, and the ventral ..."
2. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1890)
"... all parts of the head except the eye and lips closely covered with small rough
scales, much as in the genus Priacanthus; scales oil ..."
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