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Definition of Percidae
1. Noun. Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches.
Exact synonyms: Family Percidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Perch, Genus Perca, Perca, Genus Stizostedion, Stizostedion, Genus Percina, Percina
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Perch, Genus Perca, Perca, Genus Stizostedion, Stizostedion, Genus Percina, Percina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Percidae
Literary usage of Percidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"Other percidae, however, have the ventrals situated upon the throat, ... A third
division of the percidae comprises those which are abdominal, ..."
2. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Many families of most varied structure are included in this subdivision : the
two best known are the SCOMBRIDAE, including the Mackerel and the percidae or ..."
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