rabbitfish

rabbitfish
Any of the species of fish in taxonomic family Siganidae, divided into the genera Siganus and Lo. Found in shallow lagoons in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Mediterranean they are diurnal and feed on algae in the wild.

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  • Rabbitfish — The chimaeras, cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes, are also sometimes called rabbitfishes . Rabbitfishes A Foxface Rabbitfish (S. vulpinus) meeting a Longnose Butterflyfish (above) in their coral reef habitat …   Wikipedia

  • rabbitfish — /rab it fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) rabbitfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) rabbitfishes. 1. a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus. 2. a chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa. [1820 30; RABBIT + FISH, from the resemblance of its… …   Universalium

  • rabbitfish — Prometėjo katžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Promethichthys prometheus angl. Bermuda catfish; promethean escolar; purple snake mackerel; rabbitfish rus. прометеева рыба; прометихт ryšiai:… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • rabbitfish — amerikinė dvidantė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chilomycterus schoepfi angl. balloonfish; oysterfish; rabbitfish; spiny boxfish; striped burrfish rus. американский хиломикт; рыба ёж ryšiai:… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • rabbitfish — europinė chimera statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chimaera monstrosa angl. chimaera; ghost shark; rabbitfish; ratfish rus. европейская химера ryšiai: platesnis terminas – chimeros …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • rabbitfish — n. puffer, any species of fish which inflates its body with water until it is spherical; chimaera …   English contemporary dictionary

  • rabbitfish — noun (plural same or rabbitfishes) a blunt nosed fish with rabbit like teeth or jaws. [Chimaera monstrosa (Atlantic), Siganus oramin (Indo Pacific), and other species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • rabbitfish — noun large European chimaera • Syn: ↑Chimaera monstrosa • Hypernyms: ↑chimaera …   Useful english dictionary

  • Foxface rabbitfish — Taxobox name = Foxface Rabbitfish image width = 240px image caption = Adult, day color regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Siganidae genus = Siganus species = S. vulpinis binomial = Siganus… …   Wikipedia

  • knife-nosed rabbitfish — atlantinė peiliasnukė chimera statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Rhinochimaera atlantica angl. knife nosed rabbitfish; straight nosed rabbitfish rus. атлантическая носатая химера ryšiai: platesnis… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

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