Coryphaenidae

Thesaurus

Noun

Coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fishfamily Coryphaenidaefish family - any of various families of fishorder Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tunadolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi - large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

Coryphaenidae

[‚kȯr·ə′fēn·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) A family of pelagic fishes in the order Perciformes characterized by a blunt nose and deeply forked tail.

Coryphaenidae

a family of fish of the order Perciformes. The body is elongated, reaching up to 2 m (in the common dolphin, or dorado [ Coryphaena hippuris]), and compressed at the sides; the scales are small. The dorsal fin is long, and the caudal fin is forked. There is one genus comprising two species. The fish are distributed in warm and temperate seas. The Coryphaenidae are pelagicfish.

Coryphaenidae

Related to Coryphaenidae: Coryphaena hippurus, Dolphin fish

noun

Synonyms for Coryphaenidae

noun large active pelagic percoid fish

Synonyms

family Coryphaenidae

Related Words

fish family
order Perciformes
order Percomorphi
Perciformes
Percomorphi
dolphin
dolphinfish
mahimahi

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