perciform

  1. Adjective.  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.
  2. Noun.  Such a fish.

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