| 单词 | reef fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreef fish reef fish n. any of numerous marine fishes which frequent coral reefs; spec. any of several small damselfishes of the genus Chromis (family Pomacentridae), found chiefly in the Caribbean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > miscellaneous type of bluefish1622 parrotfish1656 emperor1666 blue hound-fish1672 green fish1743 reef fish1872 blue1885 flagtail1905 basslet1928 schoolmistress fish1929 1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles 62 The real principle for catching reef-fish is compression, not penetration, pinching the fish between the wires, not boring a hole in him. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes xix. 280 As the reef-building corals flourished chiefly north and east of those islands,..reef-fishes were excluded from the Pacific shores when the communications were destroyed by the upheaval of the land. 1916 Sci. Monthly Feb. 131 The base of each old coral-head is cavernated with intricate retreats which form the home of the reef fish—those living jewels of the tropical sea. 1986 C. R. Robins & G. C. Ray Field Guide Atlantic Coast Fishes N. Amer. 198 Purple Reeffish Chromis scotti... Entirely dark blue; vertical fins dark blue or blackish. 2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 312 Most of the Philippines' 450 species of coral can be found here,..along with hundreds of species of smaller reef fishes such as angelfish, batfish, surgeonfish and jacks. < as lemmas |
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