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Squamipen
Squam′i-pen
(skwăm′ĭ-pĕn or skwā′mĭ-)
, Noun.
pl.
Squamipennes
(-pĕn′nēz)
. [L.
squama
a scale + penna
a fin: cf. F. squamipenne
.] (Zool.)
Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
☞ They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to
Chaetodon
and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes
, and angel fishes
.