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Definition of fishes
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Fishes
(pl. ) of Fis.
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Ichthidin
::
Ichthidin
(n.) A
substance
from the egg yolk of
osseous
fishes.
Sea Bream
::
Sea bream () Any one of
several
species
of
sparoid
fishes,
especially
the
common
European
species
(Pagellus
centrodontus),
the
Spanish
(P.
Oweni),
and the black sea bream
(Cantharus
lineatus);
--
called
also old
wife..
Placoides
::
Placoides
(n. pl.) A group of
fishes
including
the
sharks
and rays; the
Elasmobranchii;
--
called
also
Placoidei.
Cephalaspis
::
Cephalaspis
(n.) A genus of
fossil
ganoid
fishes
found in the old red
sandstone
or
Devonian
formation.
The head is
large,
and
protected
by a broad
shield-shaped
helmet
prolonged
behind
into two
lateral
points..
Entice
::
Entice
(v. t.) To draw on, by
exciting
hope or
desire;
to
allure;
to
attract;
as, the bait
enticed
the
fishes.
Often in a bad
sense:
To lead
astray;
to
induce
to evil; to
tempt;
as, the
sirens
enticed
them to
listen..
Parethmoid
::
Parethmoid
(a.) Near or
beside
the
ethmoid
bone or
cartilage;
--
applied
especially
to a pair of bones in the nasal
region
of some
fishes,
and to the
ethmoturbinals
in some
higher
animals..
Batoidei
::
Batoidei
(n. pl.) The
division
of
fishes
which
includes
the rays and
skates.
Siluroid
::
Siluroid
(n.)
Belonging
to the
Siluroidei,
or
Nematognathi,
an order of
fishes
including
numerous
species,
among which are the
American
catfishes
and
numerous
allied
fresh-water
species
of the Old
World,
as the
sheatfish
(Silurus
glanis)
of
Europe..
Ganoidei
::
Ganoidei
(n. pl.) One of the
subclasses
of
fishes.
They have an
arterial
cone and bulb,
spiral
intestinal
valve,
and the optic
nerves
united
by a
chiasma.
Many of the
species
are
covered
with bony
plates,
or with
ganoid
scales;
others
have
cycloid
scales..
Shiner
::
Shiner
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of small
freshwater
American
cyprinoid
fishes,
belonging
to
Notropis,
or
Minnilus,
and
allied
genera;
as the
redfin
(Notropis
megalops),
and the
golden
shiner
(Notemigonus
chrysoleucus)
of the
Eastern
United
States;
also
loosely
applied
to
various
other
silvery
fishes,
as the
dollar
fish, or
horsefish,
menhaden,
moonfish,
sailor's
choice,
and the
sparada..
Coelacanth
::
Coelacanth
(a.)
Having
hollow
spines,
as some
ganoid
fishes..
Gyrolepis
::
Gyrolepis
(n.) A genus of
ganoid
fishes,
found in
strata
of the new red
sandetone,
and the lias bone
beds..
Sturiones
::
Sturgeon
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of large
cartilaginous
ganoid
fishes
belonging
to
Acipenser
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Acipenseridae.
They run up
rivers
to
spawn,
and are
common
on the
coasts
and in the large
rivers
and lakes of North
America,
Europe,
and Asia.
Caviare
is
prepared
from the roe, and
isinglass
from the air
bladder..
Teretial
::
Teretial
(a.)
Rounded;
as, the
teretial
tracts
in the floor of the
fourth
ventricle
of the brain of some
fishes..
Stickler
::
Stickleback
(v. t.) Any one of
numerous
species
of small
fishes
of the genus
Gasterosteus
and
allied
genera.
The back is armed with two or more sharp
spines.
They
inhabit
both salt and
brackish
water,
and
construct
curious
nests.
Called
also
sticklebag,
sharpling,
and
prickleback..
Globefish
::
Globefish
(n.) A
plectognath
fish of the
genera
Diodon,
Tetrodon,
and
allied
genera.
The
globefishes
can suck in water or air and
distend
the body to a more or less
globular
form.
Called
also
porcupine
fish, and sea
hedgehog.
See
Diodon..
Flatfish
::
Flatfish
(n.) Any fish of the
family
Pleuronectidae;
esp., the
winter
flounder
(Pleuronectes
Americanus).
The
flatfishes
have the body
flattened,
swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the
flounder,
turbot,
and
halibut.
See
Flounder..
Ophiura
::
Ophiura
(n.) A genus of
ophiurioid
starfishes.
Solenostomi
::
Solenostomi
(n. pl.) A tribe of
lophobranch
fishes
having
a
tubular
snout.
The
female
carries
the eggs in a
ventral
pouch.
Siphonostomata
::
Siphonostomata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
parasitic
copepod
Crustacea
including
a large
number
of
species
that are
parasites
of
fishes,
as the
lerneans.
They have a mouth
adapted
to suck
blood..
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