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Definition of Holocentrus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Holocentridae, Holocentridae
Member holonyms: Holocentrus Coruscus, Reef Squirrelfish, Deepwater Squirrelfish, Holocentrus Bullisi, Holocentrus Ascensionis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holocentrus
Literary usage of Holocentrus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE SQUIRREL-FISH (Holocentrus ascensionis) Holocentrus ascensionis. The Squirrel-fish.
Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back a little elevated; ..."
2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE SQUIRREL-FISH (Holocentrus ascensionis) Holocentrus ascensionis. The Squirrel-fish.
Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back a little elevated ..."
3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE SQUIRREL-FISH (Holocentrus ascensionis) Holocentrus ascensionis. The Squirrel-fish.
Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back a little elevated; ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"Holocentrus albo-ruber Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, pp. 333, 372.
Les eaux de la Chine. ... Co-type of Holocentrus ensifer Jordan and Evermann. ..."
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