Definition of Chrysophrys

1. Noun. Australian snapper.

Exact synonyms: Genus Chrysophrys
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sparidae, Sparidae
Member holonyms: Chrysophrys Auratus, Snapper, Black Bream, Chrysophrys Australis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysophrys

Chrysemys picta
Chrysippan
Chrysler
Chryslers
Chrysobalanus
Chrysobalanus icaco
Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysolophus
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysomelidae
Chrysomyia
Chrysophrys (current term)
Chrysophrys auratus
Chrysophrys australis
Chrysophyceae
Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum cainito
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Chrysophyta
Chrysopidae
Chrysops
Chrysopsis
Chrysopsis mariana
Chrysopsis villosa
Chrysosplenium
Chrysosplenium americanum

Literary usage of Chrysophrys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"As our example of the fourth subfamily which contains several genera, among which Pagrus is the typical one, we select the gilt- heads (Chrysophrys), ..."

2. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"Chrysophrys. The section not being true to the long axis of the tooth, ... Chrysophrys. The vascular dentine of the exterior is in the interior replaced by ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1846)
"Chrysophrys ARIES, Temm. et Schi. FJ Sieb. p. 67. pl. 31. A Chinese specimen exists in the collection ... Hab. Red sea, Indian ocean, and China. Chrysophrys ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The first thus connect this genus to the chrysophrys, and the last conducts to the pagellus ; but that which, besides the strong anterior teeth, ..."

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