perciform

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Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.
2. noun Such a fish.

Similar words

percoid percesocine pisciform ray-finned pleuronectiform protocercal acanthopterygious finny placoid sparoid

Often followed by

fishes fish teleost families suborder