Definition of Genus Priacanthus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Priacanthidae.

Exact synonyms: Priacanthus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Priacanthidae, Priacanthidae
Member holonyms: Bigeye, Catalufa, Priacanthus Arenatus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Priacanthus

genus Portulaca
genus Portunus
genus Porzana
genus Potamogale
genus Potamogeton
genus Potamophis
genus Potentilla
genus Poterium
genus Pothos
genus Potorous
genus Potos
genus Pouteria
genus Praunus
genus Prenanthes
genus Presbytes
genus Priacanthus (current term)
genus Primula
genus Prinia
genus Priodontes
genus Prionace
genus Prionotus
genus Pristis
genus Pritzelago
genus Proboscidea
genus Procavia
genus Procellaria
genus Prociphilus
genus Procnias
genus Proconsul
genus Procyon

Literary usage of Genus Priacanthus

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

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"The genus Priacanthus contains fishes with a spine, occasionally serrated, in the same situation ; but it has no enlarged teeth in its jaws, and the ventral ..."

2. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1890)
"... all parts of the head except the eye and lips closely covered with small rough scales, much as in the genus Priacanthus; scales oil ..."

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