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perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… … Universalium
Gerres plumieri — Mojarra Mo*jar ra, n. [Sp.] Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family {Gerrid[ae]}, as {Gerres plumieri}, found from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mojarra — Mo*jar ra, n. [Sp.] Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family {Gerrid[ae]}, as {Gerres plumieri}, found from Florida to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guadeloupe — /gwahd l oohp /, n. two islands (Basse Terre and Grande Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 334,900; 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km) … Universalium
snook — snook1 /snoohk, snook/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snook, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snooks. 1. any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, esp. C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to … Universalium
Paraguay River — River, South America. The fifth largest river in South America, it is 1,584 mi (2,550 km) long and the principal tributary of the Paraná River. Rising in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level, it crosses Paraguay… … Universalium
ka|bel|jou — «KAH buhl yow», noun. a large, edible, basslike sciaenoid sea fish found in Mediterranean, African, and Australian waters. ╂[< Afrikaans kabeljou < Dutch kabeljauw] … Useful english dictionary
