Definition of Percoid. Meaning of Percoid. Synonyms of Percoid

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Definition of Percoid

Percoid
Percoid Per"coid, a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percid[ae]. -- n. Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percid[ae].

Meaning of Percoid from wikipedia

- (Dario dario) is a tropical freshwater fish and one of the smallest known percoid fish species. It is a micropredator, feeding on small aquatic crustaceans...
- Paleoserr**** from the Early Paleocene of Mexico, but potential records of "percoids" are known from the Maastrichtian, including Eoserr****, Indiaichthys,...
- extinct genus Mylomyrus (Mylomyrus frangens), and an enigmatic scaleless percoid fish (Blabe). All these fish would have inhabited the oceans that covered...
- Scientists have been proposing since the 1910s that flatfishes evolved from percoid ancestors. There has been some disagreement whether they are a monophyletic...
- fish. Dating from the upper Cretaceous, the centropomids are of typical percoid shape, distinguished by having two-part dorsal fins, a lateral line that...
- characteristic centropomid shape, with the two-part dorsal fin and general percoid form. All species are carnivorous, preying on aquatic invertebrates and...
- Retrieved 2009-02-27. White, Errol Ivor (1936). "V.— On certain Eocene percoid fishes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18 (103): 43–54. doi:10...
- "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the cir****tropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. Froese, Rainer;...
- on the lowest prin****l caudal ray, all of which are characteristic of percoids. Its color varies from black to dark brown. This fish is known to grow...
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