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Definition of Polyprion
1. Noun. Wreckfish.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Polyprion Americanus, Stone Bass, Wreckfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyprion
Literary usage of Polyprion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"... with round whitish (in life probably blue), dark-edged specks of the size of
a scale. Length of the largest specimen 7". 29. polyprion. polyprion, Cur. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"An American species which has received this name on account of its soft skin,
that is smeared with a frothy viscosity.(2) polyprion ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by George Albert Boulenger (1895)
"polyprion americanum, Costa, Faun. Nap., fesci, ip — (I850) ; Serranus couchii,
... Madeira. R. Blandy, Esq. [P.]. i. Hgr., skel. Polperro. 2. polyprion ..."
4. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1863)
"side- tooth from Great Oolite of Stonesfield ; four largish teeth of a Hybodus,
apparently H. polyprion, from the Great Oolite of ..."
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