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Definition of Squamipennes

Squamipennes
Squamipen Squam"i*pen (? or ?), n.;pl. Squamipennes. [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Ch[ae]todon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral fishes, and angel fishes.

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- Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre ****tième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. Historie...
- "Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre ****tième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes" (in French)...
- Labridae; and he observed Percoid fishes, including Pristopomatidae, and Squamipennes, which he detected in large quantities. Additionally, Macleay observed...
- waters (1933) The fishes of the series Capriformes, Ephippiformes, and Squamipennes, collected by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross"...