Definitions of angelfish
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a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
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butterfly fish
small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
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butterfly fish
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deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
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synonyms:
Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish
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percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
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sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
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synonyms:
Squatina squatina, angel shark, monkfish
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shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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shark
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