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English → English (gcide) Definition: coral fishes Pomacentroid \Po`ma*cen"troid\, a. [Gr. ? a cover + ? a prickle + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Pomacentrid[ae], a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes. [1913 Webster] Squamipen \Squam"i*pen\ (skw[a^]m"[i^]*p[e^]n or skw[=a]"m[i^]-), n.; pl. Squamipennes (-p[e^]n"n[=e]z). [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. [1913 Webster] Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Ch[ae]todon and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes, and angel fishes . [1913 Webster]