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Definition of Percoid fish
1. Noun. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Specialized synonyms: Perch, Perch, Sandfish, Cusk-eel, Brotula, Pearl-fish, Pearlfish, Robalo, Pike, Centrarchid, Sunfish, Bass, Serranid, Serranid Fish, Surf Fish, Surffish, Surfperch, Bigeye, Catalufa, Priacanthus Arenatus, Cardinalfish, Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps, Tilefish, Bluefish, Pomatomus Saltatrix, Cobia, Rachycentron Canadum, Sergeant Fish, Carangid, Carangid Fish, Dolphin, Dolphinfish, Mahimahi, Blanquillo, Tilefish, Cichlid, Cichlid Fish, Snapper, Grunt, Sparid, Sparid Fish, Bream, Sea Bream, Sciaenid, Sciaenid Fish, Mullet, Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Sea Chub, Angelfish, Chaetodipterus Faber, Spadefish, Butterfly Fish, Damselfish, Demoiselle, Wrasse, Parrotfish, Polly Fish, Pollyfish, Threadfin, Jawfish, Stargazer, Sand Stargazer, Blennioid, Blennioid Fish, Goby, Gudgeon, Sleeper, Sleeper Goby, Flathead, Archerfish, Toxotes Jaculatrix, Worm Fish, Surgeonfish, Gempylid, Cutlassfish, Frost Fish, Hairtail, Scombroid, Scombroid Fish, Butterfish, Stromateid, Stromateid Fish, Clingfish, Tripletail, Mojarra, Whiting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Percoid Fish
Literary usage of Percoid fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1851)
"... which is described as a bold biter at small fish, worms, and the like, to be
a percoid fish, analogous to Rock-Bass, ..."
2. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1853)
"Description of a new genus (Micropus) of percoid fish discovered by Mr.
Samuel Stutchbury in the Pacific Sea, and now in the British Museum.—Zool. Misc. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1879)
"... near Warialda, three specimens of a percoid fish of the genus Therapon. Mr.
Campbell states that they were taken from a dam a long way ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"... kenti almost invariably contains two or more specimens of the percoid fish
Amphiprion percula. This fish is remarkable for its brilliant colour, ..."
5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... says Giinther, is a percoid fish with short snout, lower jaw and chin prominent,
and small rough scales all over them and the body generally. ..."
6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... says Giinther, is a percoid fish with short snout, lower jaw and chin prominent,
and small rough scales all over them and the body generally. ..."
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