squir•rel•fish
We found 4 definitions of squirrelfish from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: squirrelfishes |
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squirrelfish - very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark | ||
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
family holocentridae, holocentridae squirrelfishes and soldierfishes | ||
holocentrus coruscus, reef squirrelfish on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America | ||
deepwater squirrelfish, holocentrus bullisi a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico | ||
holocentrus ascensionis bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda | ||
squirrelfish - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States | ||
pinfish, sailor's-choice, Lagodon rhomboides | ||
sparid, sparid fish spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth |