perciform
English edit
Adjective edit
perciform (comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)
- Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.
- 2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 211:
- He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.
Noun edit
perciform (plural perciforms)
- Such a fish.