单词 | armoured catfish |
释义 | > as lemmasarmoured catfish armoured catfish n. any of numerous freshwater catfishes of the Central and South American families Callichthyidae and Loricariidae, having a covering of bony plates.Several kinds, esp. in the genera Callichthys, Corydoras, and Hypostomus, are popular as aquarium fishes. ΚΠ 1885 Trans. Amer. Fisheries Soc. 14 61 This [structure] is found in a species of the armored catfish of South America. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes vii. 66 Mollies..will take a lot [of salt]: Armoured Catfishes (Corydoras ) cannot endure it. 2001 T. M. Berra Freshwater Fish Distribution 224 These fishes [sc. Callichthyidae] are called ‘armored catfishes’ due to the presence of two rows of overlapping bony plates on each side of the body. < as lemmas |
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