Definition of Malacanthidae

1. Noun. Short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored.

Exact synonyms: Family Malacanthidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Genus Lopholatilus, Lopholatilus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malacanthidae

Maksutov telescope
Maktab al-Khidmat
Makua
Mal
Mal.
Malabar
Malabar flying frog
Malabar itch
Malabar kino
Malabar leprosy
Malabar nightshade
Malabar spinach
Malabarese
Malabarian
Malabo
Malacanthidae
Malacarne
Malacarne's space
Malacca
Malachi
Malachias
Malaclemys
Malaclemys centrata
Malaconotinae
Malacosoma
Malacosoma americana
Malacosoma disstria
Malacothamnus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Malacozoic

Literary usage of Malacanthidae

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

1. Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path by Bertrand Le Gallic, Anthony Cox (2006)
"... four species of amberjacks (Carangidae), five species of tilefish (malacanthidae), and gray triggerfish - a disproportionate amount of the Council's ..."

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