HyperDic: family_chaetodontidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Chaetodontidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Chaetodontidae, Chaetodontidaebutterfly fishes
English > family Chaetodontidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbutterfly fishes.
SynonymChaetodontidae
Member ofPerciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order PercomorphiOne of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water
MembersPomacanthus, genus Pomacanthusangelfishes
butterfly fishsmall usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins
genus Chaetodontype genus of the Chaetodontidae
Broaderfish familyAny of various families of fish
SpanishChaetodontidae, familia Chaetodontidae

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