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sciaenid

sciaenid noun: any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.

sciaenid: any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae
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Noun

sciaenid (plural sciaenids)

  1. Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.
    • Sciaenids constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George, et al. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes of sciaenids from the west coast.1985, K. M. Joseph, “3: Marine Fishery Resources of India”, in G. R. Kulkarni, Uma K. Srivastava, editors, A Systems Framework of the Marine Foods Industry in India, page 112
    • In the Indo-West Pacific, sciaenids are important in the equatorial regions of South East Asia but much less so elsewhere.1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 107
    Synonyms:
    croaker, drum, drumfish

Synonyms of sciaenid

Forms of sciaenid

pluralsciaenids

Questions about sciaenid

What does sciaenid mean?
Sciaenid means any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.
What part of speech is sciaenid?
Sciaenid is a noun.
What is the plural of sciaenid?
The plural of sciaenid is sciaenids.

Words near sciaenid in the dictionary

  1. Sciaccas
  2. sciadopityaceous
  3. sciadopitysin
  4. sciaena
  5. sciaenas
  6. sciaenid
  7. sciaenids
  8. sciaenoid
  9. sciaenoids
  10. sciage
  11. sciagraph

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