priacanthus

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In ichthyology, the representative genus of Priacanthidæ. P. macrophthalmus, the bigeye of the West Indies, occasional on the coast of the United States, is a characteristic example. P. altus is found on the New England coast.

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• noun type genus of the Priacanthidae