Definition of Pomacanthus

1. Noun. Angelfishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pomacanthus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Chaetodontidae, Family Chaetodontidae
Member holonyms: Angelfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomacanthus

Polypodium vulgare
Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae
Pomacentrus
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Pomeranians
Pomeroy
Pomeroy's operation
Pommyland

Literary usage of Pomacanthus

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

1. 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)
"pomacanthus, In which the form is more elevated, a circumstance resulting from the more sudden rise of the edge of the dorsal. The only species known are ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The young of pomacanthus are blackish, crossed by many curved yellow cross-bands, which disappear entirely with age. Three species v FIG. 341. ..."

3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The young of pomacanthus are blackish, crossed by many curved yellow cross-bands, which disappear entirely with age. Three species • / i FIG. 510. ..."

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