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squirrelfish

DEFINITIONS OF: squirrelfish

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n similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

Synonyms:
Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, sailor's-choice
Type of:
sparid, sparid fish
spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth

n very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark

Types:
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Holocentrus coruscus, reef squirrelfish
on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America
Holocentrus bullisi, deepwater squirrelfish
a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
Holocentrus ascensionis
bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
soldier-fish, soldierfish
the larger squirrelfishes
Type of:
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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