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Definition of Genus menticirrhus
1. Noun. Kingfishes; whiting.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciaenidae, Sciaenidae
Member holonyms: Whiting, Kingfish, King Whiting, Menticirrhus Americanus, Menticirrhus Littoralis, Silver Whiting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Menticirrhus
Literary usage of Genus menticirrhus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... continuous streaks along rows of scales; usually some of these coalesce to
form 2 dark streaks concurrent with the back. genus menticirrhus GILL The ..."
2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus MENTICIRRHUS Gill. Whitings. Small American shore fishes, most frequently
found on sandy bottom ..."
3. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus MENTICIRRHUS Gill. Whitings. Small American shore fishes, most frequently
found on sandy bottom; characterized by elongate, little compressed body; ..."
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