| has gloss | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoidean, percoid, percoid fish |
| lexicalization | eng: percoid fish |
| lexicalization | eng: percoidean |
| lexicalization | eng: percoid |
| subclass of | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish |
| Note: 14 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
perch |
| has subclass | (noun) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
perch |
| has subclass | (noun) either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand
sandfish |
| has subclass | (noun) elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
cusk-eel |
| has subclass | (noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pearlfish, pearl-fish |
| has subclass | (noun) a kind of percoid fish
robalo |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
pike |
| has subclass | (noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
centrarchid, sunfish |
| has subclass | (noun) nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
bass |
| has subclass | (noun) red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
bigeye |
| has subclass | (noun) brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters
catalufa, Priacanthus arenatus |
| has subclass | (noun) small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters
cardinalfish |
| has subclass | (noun) yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
| has subclass | (noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix |
| has subclass | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
mahimahi, dolphinfish, dolphin |
| has subclass | (noun) important marine food fishes
blanquillo, tilefish |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
snapper |
| has subclass | (noun) medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
grunt |
| has subclass | (noun) any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
sea bream, bream |
| has subclass | (noun) widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
sciaenid, sciaenid fish |
| has subclass | (noun) schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
sea chub |
| has subclass | (noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, angelfish |
| has subclass | (noun) small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
butterfly fish |
| has subclass | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
demoiselle, damselfish |
| has subclass | (noun) chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
wrasse |
| has subclass | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
pollyfish, parrotfish, polly fish |
| has subclass | (noun) mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
threadfin |
| has subclass | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
stargazer |
| has subclass | (noun) small 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
sand stargazer |
| has subclass | (noun) small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
gudgeon, goby |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
sleeper, sleeper goby |
| has subclass | (noun) pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
flathead |
| has subclass | (noun) poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
worm fish |
| has subclass | (noun) brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
surgeonfish |
| has subclass | (noun) snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
gempylid |
| has subclass | (noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
frost fish, cutlassfish, hairtail |
| has subclass | (noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
scombroid, scombroid fish |
| has subclass | (noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
clingfish |
| has subclass | (noun) large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail
tripletail |
| has subclass | (noun) small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
mojarra |