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Definition of Genus Roccus
1. Noun. A genus of Serranidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Roccus Saxatilis, Rockfish, Striped Bass, Striper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Roccus
Literary usage of Genus Roccus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Basses: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"The genus Roccus The striped bass belongs to the genus Roccus, ... Description The
genus Roccus has two patches of small teeth on the base of the tongue; ..."
2. The Basses, Fresh-water and Marine: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"The genus Roccus The striped bass belongs to the genus Roccus, a name invented
by Dr. Mitchill, ... Description The genus Roccus has two patches of ..."
3. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... more or less abundantly throughout the state. I_ the Delaware River specimens
of unusual size have been taken, weighing oyer loir pounds. genus Roccus. ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"(M. mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann, the name interrupta being preoccupied
in the genus Roccus, from which Morone is scarcely distinct.) an. ..."
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