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butterfly fish
DEFINITIONS OF:
butterfly fish
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n
small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
Types:
chaetodon
any fish of the genus Chaetodon
angelfish
a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
Holocanthus tricolor
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rock beauty
gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil
Type of:
percoid
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percoid fish
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percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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