perciform

perciform (comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)

1. 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.

perciform (plural perciforms)

1. Such a fish.

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