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kyphosid

kyphosid noun: any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).

kyphosid: any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs)
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Noun

kyphosid (plural kyphosids)

  1. Any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).
    • The kyphosids are today one of the most primitive percosid families.1967, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 135, page 50
    • A few apogonids are similarly shaped and pigmented, but none are as robust as kyphosids, and all have a prominent gas bladder and a divided dorsal fin with fewer elements. Heavily pigmented perciform larvae such as Iatids and toxotids have different skin meristics and smaller head spines than...2000, H. J. Walker Jr., F. J. Neira, A. G. Miskiewicz, B. M. Carson-Ewart, “74: Kyphosidae (Rudderfishes, Sea Chubs)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of...

Examples of kyphosid in a sentence

  • A few apogonids are similarly shaped and pigmented, but none are as robust as kyphosids, and all have a prominent gas bladder and a divided dorsal fin with fewer elements.2000, H. J. Walker Jr., F. J. Neira, A. G. Miskiewicz, B. M. Carson-Ewart, “74: Kyphosidae (Rudderfishes, Sea Chubs)”, in Jeffrey Martin...
  • Siganids and kyphosids are less speciose than scarines and acanthurids, and are more conservative in their feeding habitats (Choat 1991, Choat et al 2002).2009, Alison L. Green, David R. Bellwood, Monitoring Functional Groups of Herbivorous Reef Fishes as Indicators of Coral Reef Resilience...

Forms of kyphosid

pluralkyphosids

Origin of kyphosid

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós) + + -id.

Questions about kyphosid

What does kyphosid mean?
Kyphosid means any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).
How do you use kyphosid in a sentence?
A few apogonids are similarly shaped and pigmented, but none are as robust as kyphosids, and all have a prominent gas bladder and a divided dorsal fin with fewer elements.
What part of speech is kyphosid?
Kyphosid is a noun.
What is the plural of kyphosid?
The plural of kyphosid is kyphosids.

Words near kyphosid in the dictionary

  1. kyphoscolioses
  2. kyphoscoliosis
  3. kyphoscoliotic
  4. kyphosed
  5. kyphoses
  6. kyphosid
  7. kyphosids
  8. kyphosis
  9. kyphotic
  10. kyphotone
  11. kyphotones

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