| NOUN | animal | squirrelfish, pinfish, sailor's-choice, Lagodon rhomboides | similar to sea bream |
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| animal | squirrelfish | very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs |
| Meaning | Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States. | |
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| Synonyms | pinfish, sailor's-choice, Lagodon rhomboides | |
| Member of | Lagodon, genus Lagodon | A genus of Sparidae |
| Broader | sparid, sparid fish | spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth |
| Catalan | lagodon rhomboides | |
| Meaning | Very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark. | |
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| Member of | Holocentridae, family Holocentridae | squirrelfishes and soldierfishes |
| Narrower | Holocentrus ascensionis | bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda |
| deepwater squirrelfish, Holocentrus bullisi | A squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico | |
| reef squirrelfish, Holocentrus coruscus | On reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America | |
| soldierfish, soldier-fish | The larger / larger squirrelfishes | |
| Broader | spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian | A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
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