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percoid fish


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percoid fish
n. (animal)1. percoid, percoid fish, percoideanany of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
~ acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fisha teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays.
~ order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphione of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.
~ perchany of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes.
~ perchspiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes.
~ sandfisheither of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand.
~ cusk-eelelongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
~ brotuladeep-sea fishes.
~ pearl-fish, pearlfishfound living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds.
~ robaloa kind of percoid fish.
~ pikeany of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.
~ centrarchid, sunfishsmall carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed.
~ bassnontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes.
~ serranid, serranid fishmarine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters.
~ surfperch, surf fish, surffishsmall to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.
~ bigeyered fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales.
~ catalufa, priacanthus arenatusbrightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
~ cardinalfishsmall red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters.
~ lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, tilefishyellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters.
~ bluefish, pomatomus saltatrixbluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters.
~ cobia, rachycentron canadum, sergeant fishlarge dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters.
~ carangid, carangid fisha percoid fish of the family Carangidae.
~ dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahilarge slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
~ blanquillo, tilefishimportant marine food fishes.
~ cichlid, cichlid fishfreshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums.
~ snapperany of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters.
~ gruntmedium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught.
~ sparid, sparid fishspiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
~ sea bream, breamany of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae.
~ sciaenid, sciaenid fishwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
~ mulletbottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin.
~ gray mullet, grey mullet, mulletfreshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide.
~ sea chubschooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic.
~ chaetodipterus faber, spadefish, angelfishdeep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters.
~ butterfly fishsmall usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide.
~ damselfish, demoisellesmall brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
~ wrassechiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored.
~ parrotfish, polly fish, pollyfishgaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.
~ threadfinmullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays.
~ jawfishsmall large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes.
~ stargazerheavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head.
~ sand stargazersmall pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey.
~ blennioid, blennioid fishelongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins.
~ goby, gudgeonsmall spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
~ sleeper goby, sleepertropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water.
~ flatheadpallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout.
~ archerfish, toxotes jaculatrixany of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia.
~ worm fishpoorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies.
~ surgeonfishbrightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail.
~ gempylidsnake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide.
~ cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtaillong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel.
~ scombroid, scombroid fishimportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters.
~ stromateid, stromateid fish, butterfishsmall marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.
~ clingfishvery small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc..
~ tripletaillarge food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail.
~ mojarrasmall silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
~ whitinga small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish.