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comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform
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. quotations examples
He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.
2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 211
plural perciforms
Such a fish. examples