Percoid: alternatives and connections

Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

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sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

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any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Austral…

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of Bass

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A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

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A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.

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Alt. of Blenniid

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A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the N…

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A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

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A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Ep…

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An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

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A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.

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A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

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Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

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One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

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To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

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A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the ki…

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Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed…

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Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed…

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Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

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Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…

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A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

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A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.

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Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.

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Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black s…

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One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

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An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

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A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail.

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Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

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A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

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of White

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Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlan…

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